The religious brain: Turning ideas into convictions

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-267

  Deeley, Peter Q ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AROUSAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; THINKING;

EID: 10844239686     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1364847042000296554     Document Type: Review

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