Would Tarzan believe in God? Conditions for the emergence of religious belief

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-8

  Banerjee, Konika ^a   Bloom, Paul ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; NOTE; RELIGION; SIGN LANGUAGE;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84871717611     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.11.005     Document Type: Note

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