Cognitive biases explain religious belief, paranormal belief, and belief in life’s purpose

2013/08/24 by Aiyana K. Willard, Ara Norenzayan · 4 citations
Neuroscience · Social Sciences · #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment #Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2013.07.016

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Citations

• Why Santa Claus is Not a God
• Risky Business: Assessing Risk Preference Explanations for Gender Differences in Religiosity
• Physiology and Faith: Addressing the “Universal” Gender Difference in Religious Commitment
• Exploring the natural foundations of religion

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• Supernatural believers attribute more intentions to random movement than skeptics: An fMRI study
• Non-Reflective Thinkers Are Predisposed to Attribute Supernatural Causation to Uncanny Experiences
• Divine Emotions: On the Link Between Emotional Intelligence and Religious Belief
• Parapsychology [wikipedia]