Religion is the opiate of the masses (but science is the methadone)

Religion, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-233

  Preston, Jesse Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 85014693458     PISSN: 2153599X     EISSN: 21535981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2153599X.2011.647855     Document Type: Article

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