„[…] disparate experiences may produce disparate brain patterns: „The Neolithic transformation ….brought about the conditions necessary for a rapid increase in the range of economic, political, and social devices that serve to modulate the body states of self and others. […] These devices range from religious liturgies, sports, education, novel reading and military training.“

In: SMAIL, Daniel Lord: On Deep History and the Brain. Berkley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press , 2008