Cognitive style and religiosity: The role of conflict detection

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-10

  Pennycook, Gordon ^a   Cheyne, James Allan ^a   Barr, Nathaniel ^a   Koehler, Derek J ^a   Fugelsang, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Base rate neglect; Cognitive style; Conflict detection; Dual process theories; Individual differences; Inductive reasoning; Reasoning; Religiosity; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFLICT; HUMAN; MALE; RELIGION; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893540664     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-013-0340-7     Document Type: Article

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