Religion as a control guide: On the impact of religion on cognition

Zygon

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 596-604

  Hommel, Bernhard ^a   Colzato, Lorenza S ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive control; Religious belief

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955375570     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2010.01116.x     Document Type: Article

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