This view even suggests that the great spiritual inspiration reached by historical figures such as joan of arc , dostoyevsky , proust , saint paul and saint teresa of avila simply may have been caused by temporal lobe epilepsy , which consists of abnormal surges of electrical activity in the brains temporal regions 这种观点甚至认为诸如圣女贞德杜斯妥也夫斯基蒲鲁斯特圣保罗和德蕾莎修女等历史人物之所以会有超凡的灵性体验，是由于癫痫症引起的，这种症状是大脑颞区不正常激增的电流活动所造成。
