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Supernatural explanations across 114 societies are more common for natural than social phenomena
Nature Human Behaviour, 2023 J. Jackson +6 more
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When Allah meets Ganesha: Developing supernatural concepts in a religiously diverse society
Cognitive development, 2019 Belief in supernatural beings is widespread across cultures, but the properties of those beings vary from one culture to another. The supernatural beings that are part of Hinduism, for instance, are represented as human-like, whereas those that are part ...
Andrew Shtulman +4 more
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Epilepsia, EarlyView.Abstract Objective Malformations of cortical development (MCDs) are a frequent cause of drug‐resistant epilepsy and a common indication for resective epilepsy surgery. As magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) lacks sensitivity for subtle MCDs, supplemental diagnostic tools are needed.
Lubna Shakhatreh +10 more
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What can economics teach us about Santa Claus? [PDF]
, 2017 In this paper we sketch a theory about the role of supernatural beliefs in incentivizing "good" behavior among children by parents. We present a simple theory on the production and the use of certain supernatural beliefs by parents to influence their ...
Bakó, Barna, Isztin, Péter
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Supernatural Belief Is Not Modulated by Intuitive Thinking Style or Cognitive Inhibition
Scientific Reports, 2017 According to the Intuitive Belief Hypothesis, supernatural belief relies heavily on intuitive thinking—and decreases when analytic thinking is engaged. After pointing out various limitations in prior attempts to support this Intuitive Belief Hypothesis ...
M. Farias +10 more
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Thalamic connectivity mirrors spatial maps of network dysfunction in nonlesional focal epilepsy
Epilepsia, EarlyView.Abstract Objective Focal epilepsy is increasingly conceptualized as a network disorder, yet the extent to which network dysfunction reflects a shared phenotype remains unknown. Spatially conserved patterns of network dysfunction may implicate a centralized mechanism underlying widespread impairment.
Joline M. Fan +7 more
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Studi Irlandesi, 2020 This paper offers a dramaturgical and comparative analysis of W.B. Yeats’s The Land of Heart’s Desire (1889) and Edward Martyn’s The Heather Field (1899) in light of their representation of the tension between the queer and the normative.
Zsuzsanna Balázs
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Revue Italienne d'Etudes Françaises, 2019 Francesco Orlando’s posthumous book, Il soprannaturale letterario : storia, logica e forme (2017), introduces new categories to define the ways in which literature has staged implausible events in conflict with the known laws of the universe.
Paolo Tortonese
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, 2012 In contrast to traditional systems of thought which regarded evil as a supernatural force that explained human misfortune, Michel Wieviorka develops a sociological analysis of evil phenomena.
Taylor, Jo, Wieviorka, Michel
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Moralistic supernatural punishment is probably not associated with social complexity
Evolution and human behavior, 2022 Aaron D. Lightner +2 more
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