The devil's advocate: Secular arguments diminish both implicit and explicit religious belief

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 417-423

  Shariff, Azim F ^a   Cohen, Adam B ^b   Norenzayan, Ara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atheism; Implicit associations; Religiousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849198280     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853708X358245     Document Type: Article

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