Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Table of Contents - April 2012 - Volume 35, Issue 02  

Open Peer Commentary

Connecting biological concepts and religious behavior

Benjamin Beit-Hallahmia1

a1 Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel. benny@psy.haifa.ac.il

Abstract

This commentary proposes experiments to examine connections between the presence of out-group members, neurovisceral reactions, religiosity, and ethnocentrism, to clarify the meaning of the correlational findings presented in the target article. It also suggests different ways of describing religious socialization and of viewing assertions about religion and health or about the human ability to detect pathogens.

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