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Religious Cognition

Religious Cognition is the cognitive psychological process involving the mental representation, attribution, and reasoning about supernatural agents, sacred texts, rituals, and religious beliefs that distinguishes itself from general cognition through its reliance on intuitive, often culturally transmitted, domain-specific mechanisms.

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2017–2026

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Religion explained: the evolutionary origins of religious thought

Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 2K citations

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Handbook of the psychology of religion and spirituality

Choice Reviews Online · 2006 · 1.8K citations

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Conceptualizing Religion and Spirituality: Points of Commonality, Points of Departure

Peter C. Hill, Kenneth II. Pargament, Ralph W. Hood et al. · Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour · 2000 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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The Psychology of Religion: An Empirical Approach

Michael J. Donahue, Ralph W. Hood, Bernard Spilka et al. · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 1998 · 1.4K citations

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Why would anyone believe in God?

Choice Reviews Online · 2005 · 959 citations

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  1. JL
    Justin L. Barrett

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    20 publications · 2.7K citations

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  2. RW
    Ralph W. Hood

    University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, United States

    21 publications · 5.8K citations

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  3. WM
    Will M. Gervais

    University of Kentucky, United States

    16 publications · 3.2K citations

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  4. BS
    Bernard Spilka

    University of Denver, United States

    17 publications · 4.9K citations

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  5. JB
    Joseph Bulbulia

    Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

    13 publications · 938 citations

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Institutions

781

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    26 h-index

    46 publications

    3.1K citations

  2. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    22 h-index

    41 publications

    9.4K citations

  3. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    18 h-index

    36 publications

    3.4K citations

  4. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    18 h-index

    27 publications

    1.6K citations

  5. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    17 h-index

    42 publications

    2.5K citations

  6. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    16 h-index

    43 publications

    2.2K citations

  7. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    15 h-index

    32 publications

    7K citations

  8. Zygon Center for Religion and Science

    Chicago Heights, United States

    14 h-index

    30 publications

    1K citations

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  1. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

    JSSR · 84 publications · 9.4K citations

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  2. 29

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  3. Religion Brain & Behavior

    34 publications · 1.8K citations

    24

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 30 publications · 10.1K citations

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  5. Journal of Cognition and Culture

    29 publications · 1.8K citations

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