Implicit pattern learning predicts individual differences in belief in God in the United States and Afghanistan

Beliefs about gods are theorized to develop from bottom-up neurocognitive processes. Here, in the U.S. and Afghanistan, the authors show that superior implicit learning of patterns in visuo-spatial stimuli predicts stronger belief in intervening gods and greater increase in belief since childhood.

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Main Authors:	Adam B. Weinberger, Natalie M. Gallagher, Zachary J. Warren, Gwendolyn A. English, Fathali M. Moghaddam, Adam E. Green
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Publishing Group 2020-09-01
Series:	Nature Communications
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18362-3

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title	Implicit pattern learning predicts individual differences in belief in God in the United States and Afghanistan
title_short	Implicit pattern learning predicts individual differences in belief in God in the United States and Afghanistan
title_full	Implicit pattern learning predicts individual differences in belief in God in the United States and Afghanistan
title_fullStr	Implicit pattern learning predicts individual differences in belief in God in the United States and Afghanistan
title_full_unstemmed	Implicit pattern learning predicts individual differences in belief in God in the United States and Afghanistan
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publishDate	2020-09-01
description	Beliefs about gods are theorized to develop from bottom-up neurocognitive processes. Here, in the U.S. and Afghanistan, the authors show that superior implicit learning of patterns in visuo-spatial stimuli predicts stronger belief in intervening gods and greater increase in belief since childhood.
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Implicit pattern learning predicts individual differences in belief in God in the United States and Afghanistan

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