"Meant to be": how religious beliefs and cultural religiosity affect the implicit bias to think teleologically

A large body of previous research has found that people exhibit a cognitive bias to reason teleologically about natural kinds, explaining them in terms of intelligent design and inherent purpose. In the present study, we examined whether people are also cognitively biased to explain naturally occurr...

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Authors: Heywood, Bethany T. (Author) ; Bering, Jesse M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2014
In: Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2014, Volume: 4, Issue: 3, Pages: 183-201
Further subjects:B Atheism
B Theory of mind
B Teleology
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