Is religion what we want? Motivation and the cultural transmission of religious representations

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 347-371

  Nichols, Shaun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 61049107601     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568537041725079     Document Type: Article

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