The Fitness Relevance of Counterintuitive Agents

Cognitive scientists have attributed the ubiquity of religious narratives partly to the favored recall of minimally counterintuitive (MCI) concepts within those narratives. Yet, this memory bias is inconsistent, sometimes absent, and without a functional rationale. Here, we asked if MCI concepts are...

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Auteurs: Swan, Thomas (Auteur) ; Halberstadt, Jamin (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill [2020]
Dans: Journal of cognition and culture
Année: 2020, Volume: 20, Numéro: 3/4, Pages: 188-217
RelBib Classification:AD Sociologie des religions
AE Psychologie de la religion
ZB Sociologie
ZD Psychologie
Sujets non-standardisés:B Folk Psychology
B Religion
B MCI effect
B fitness relevance
B counterintuitive agents
B Connectionism
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