The cognitive science of religion

Psychologist

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 252-255

  Barrett, Justin L ^a,b   Burdett, Emily Reed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Anthropology   (United Kingdom)

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