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

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2020
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Weinberger, A. B., Gallagher, N. M., Warren, Z. J., English, G. A., Moghaddam, F. M., & Green, A. E. (2020). Implicit pattern learning predicts individual differences in belief in God in the United States and Afghanistan. Nature Communications, 11, 4503. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18362-3

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Abstract

Most humans believe in a god, but many do not. Differences in belief have profound societal impacts. Anthropological accounts implicate bottom-up perceptual processes in shaping religious belief, suggesting that individual differences in these processes may help explain variation in belief. Here, in findings replicated across socio-religiously disparate samples studied in the U.S. and Afghanistan, implicit learning of patterns/order within visuospatial sequences (IL-pat) in a strongly bottom-up paradigm predict 1) stronger belief in a

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  • Weinberger, Adam B
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  • Gallagher, Natalie M
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  • Warren, Zachary J
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  • English, Gwendolyn A
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  • Moghaddam, Fathali M
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  • Green, Adam E
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11

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4503

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, General Physics and Astronomy, General Chemistry

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English

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2020-12-01

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2021-02-03

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2041-1723

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Weinberger, A. B., Gallagher, N. M., Warren, Z. J., English, G. A., Moghaddam, F. M., & Green, A. E. (2020). Implicit pattern learning predicts individual differences in belief in God in the United States and Afghanistan. Nature Communications, 11, 4503. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18362-3

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