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Home » Archives by category » Science & Research (Page 46)
Can “magical thinking” increase creativity in children? New research suggests it can.
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Strange as it may seem, you can tell the the religious from the non-religious simply by looking at their photos. True, it’s only a little better than chance, but it’s a still an intriguing fact. Maybe, as this woman believes, people really can see the holy spirit glowing from within:
Continue reading …If religion is a virus, then perhaps the spread of religion can be understood through the lens of evolutionary theory. Perhaps cultural evolution can be modelled using the same mathematical tools applied to genetic evolution.
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The temporal lobe of the brain – the bit just above where your ear is – keeps cropping up in studies of spirituality.
Continue reading …Does the brain have a pro-racism module, a pro ethno-centrism module, and a pro-religionism module (an “essentialism mechanism”)?
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Is religion linked to better mental health? How about behavior? Tom Rees explores two new studies with results that may surprise you.
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Why do people sacrifice to gods? One idea that’s received surprisingly little attention is that people simply believe that they get a direct payoff from their sacrifice. They make an offering to their god, and god returns the favour by fixing that business deal (or making the rains come on time).
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Spirit possession is common in Uganda, as it is in many parts of the world – especially impoverished areas. It’s a complex syndrome, however, with different spirits have different effects.
Continue reading …How does religion influence willingness to dispense ‘costly punishment’ — punishment for crime that brings harm to the punisher or group?
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Would personality change after a brain transplant, say from a man’s body to a woman’s? The question is essentialism, and new research explores what people think might happen.
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