Cognitive consequences and constraints on reasoning about ritual

Religion, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-65

  Legare, Cristine H ^a   Herrmann, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 85025368521     PISSN: 2153599X     EISSN: 21535981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2153599X.2012.736710     Document Type: Article

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