Morality and the religious mind: Why theists and nontheists differ

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 439-441

  Shariff, Azim F ^a   Piazza, Jared ^b   Kramer, Stephanie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atheism; Morality; Prosocial behavior; Religion

Indexed keywords

ATHEIST; COGNITION; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORALITY; MOTIVATION; NOTE; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREND STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MORALS; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84906551418     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2014.05.003     Document Type: Note

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