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- Religion has survived and thrived for more than 100,000 years. It exists in every culture, with more than 85 percent of the world’s population embracing some sort of religious belief. Researchers who study the psychology and neuroscience of religion are helping to explain why such beliefs are so enduring.
www.apa.org/monitor/2010/12/believeA reason to believe - American Psychological Association (APA)
Dec 18, 2018 · The quick and easy answer to why people are religious is that God – in whichever form you believe he/she/they take (s) – is real and people believe because they communicate with it and perceive...
- Nick Perham
Nick obtained his undergraduate degree at the University of...
- Cognitive Psychology
Nobel prize winner Daniel Kahneman made his mark in many...
- Faith
How online Ramadan content has brought Muslim ideas around...
- Nick Perham
- Extraversion. Warmth - People who see themselves as kind and compassionate are more likely to be religious. Gregariousness (no association with religiosity)
- Neuroticism. Anxiety (no association with religiosity) Hostility (no association with religiosity) Depression (no association with religiosity) Self-consciousness (no association with religiosity)
- Conscientiousness. Competence - People who view themselves as capable and accomplished are more likely to be religious. Order (no association with religiosity)
- Agreeableness. Trust - People who see themselves as trustworthy are more likely to be religious. Straight-forwardness - People who are direct and frank in the way they behave toward others are more likely to be religious.
Aug 21, 2018 · Key points. Early in the history of humans, nobody believed in a god of any sort. Religious belief is considerably lower in developed countries compared with the underdeveloped world. Believing...
- David Ludden Ph.D.
- Predisposed to Believe
- Neural Underpinnings
- Pro-Sociality
There’s no one cognitive tendency that undergirds all our religious beliefs, says Barrett. “It’s really your basic, garden-variety cognitions that provide the impetus for religious beliefs,” he says. A common thread to those cognitions is that they lead us to see the world as a place with an intentional design, created by someone or something. Youn...
Neuroscience research supports the idea that the brain is primed to believe, says Jordan Grafman, PhD, director of the cognitive neuroscience section at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. This tendency, he says, is spread throughout the brain, and probably arose from neural circuits developed for other uses. “The idea that...
Religion may serve another key purpose — it allows people to live in large, cooperative societies, says Norenzayan. In fact, the use of religion as a social tool may largely explain its staying power and cross-cultural ubiquity. “Religion is one of the big ways that human societies have hit on as a solution to induce unrelated individuals to be nic...
Dec 14, 2017 · One of the most common hypotheses made by panelists and students alike is this: non-religious people are more likely to process information analytically or logically while religious people are...
Oct 5, 2015 · Throughout history, scholars and researchers have tried to identify the one key reason that people are attracted to religion. Some have said people seek religion to cope with a fear of death,...
Nov 3, 2015 · Today, two-thirds of the unaffiliated (65%) say religion is not too or not at all important to them, up from 57% in 2007. For Americans who are religiously affiliated, the importance people attach to religion varies somewhat by religious tradition.
