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Category: Cognitive Styles and Religious Attitudes

Looking back on “Reflective thought, religious belief, and the social foundations hypothesis”

July 27, 2021 Nicole Smith Cognitive Styles and Religious Attitudes, Publications

In 2017, CMAC Researchers Jonathan Morgan, Connor Wood, and Catherine Caldwell-Harris published their paper “Reflective Thought, Religious Belief, and the Social Foundations Hypothesis” as a chapter in the book The[…]

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Rhythm, Synchrony and Complex Social Coordination: An Imperfect Fit

July 3, 2018 Administrator Cognitive Styles and Religious Attitudes, Research Reports

Here’s an interesting fact: no other animals can keep a beat as well as humans can. From drumming to dancing to marching in time, humans have a unique knack for[…]

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The Social Foundations of Cognitive Styles

June 5, 2018 Administrator Cognitive Styles and Religious Attitudes, Research Reports

Are religious people less analytical thinkers? A growing body of research suggests that the answer is “yes.” For one thing, religious believers perform more poorly on tests of analytical (“System[…]

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New Publication: Reflective Thought, Religious Belief and the Social Foundations Hypothesis

December 1, 2017 Administrator Cognitive Styles and Religious Attitudes, Publications

Research Director Catherine Caldwell-Harris, Post-Doctoral Fellow Connor Wood and Doctoral Fellow Jonathan Morgan Chapter in The New Reflectionism in Cognitive Psychology: Why Reason Matters December 2017 Abstract: Analytical thinking predicts irreligiosity[…]

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Presentation: Social Norms and Self-Regulation

August 24, 2017 Administrator Cognitive Styles and Religious Attitudes, Presentations

Post-Doctoral Fellow Connor Wood The International Association for the Psychology of Religion Conference: Culture, Context and Existential Challenges August 24, 2017 Abstract: Religiosity is linked with trait self-regulation and self-control, but[…]

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Presentation: Does Analytical Style Promote Irreligion?

January 1, 2015 Administrator Cognitive Styles and Religious Attitudes, Presentations

Research Associate Catherine Caldwell-Harris Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Chicago IL USA 2015 Abstract: AYŞE AYÇIÇEĞIDINN and SEVIL HOCAOĞLU, Istanbul University, CATHERINE CALDWELL-HARRIS, Boston University (presented by Catherine Caldwell-Harris). — Having an analytical[…]

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