Wesley Wildman, Connor Wood, Catherine Caldwell-Harris, Aimee S. Radom, Nicholas DiDonato Psychology of Religion Abstract: The Multidimensional Religious Ideology (MRI) scale is a new 43-item measure that quantifies conservative versus[…]
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Looking back on “Reflective thought, religious belief, and the social foundations hypothesis”
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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February Research Meeting: Survey Data on Religious and Secular Sentiment in Turkey
After a winter break hiatus, CMACers are back to the grindstone. We had our first research meeting of 2019 on Wednesday, February 20, and heard from guest presenter and BU[…]
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IACSR 2018
7th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion August 12 – 15, 2018 It’s been a busy week of CMACer presentations & participation. Here’s a[…]
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The Social Foundations of Cognitive Styles
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: The Rhythms of Discontent
Post-Doctoral Fellow Connor Wood and Research Director Catherine Caldwell-Harris Journal of Cognition and Culture April 27, 2018 Abstract: Synchrony — intentional, rhythmic motor entrainment in groups — is an important topic[…]
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New Publication: Reflective Thought, Religious Belief and the Social Foundations Hypothesis
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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