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Unconscious Learning Underlies Belief in God, Study Suggests

Sep. 9, 2020 — Individuals who can unconsciously predict complex patterns, an ability called implicit pattern learning, are likely to hold stronger beliefs that there is a god who creates ...

People With a Sense of Oneness Experience Greater Life Satisfaction

Apr. 11, 2019 — People who believe in oneness -- the idea that everything in the world is connected and interdependent -- appear to have greater life satisfaction than those who don't, regardless of whether they ...

Messages of Stewardship Affect Christians' Attitudes About Climate Change

Mar. 11, 2019 — Christians' attitudes toward the environment and climate change are shaped by whether they hold a view of humans as having stewardship of the Earth or dominion over the planet, and reading material ...

Sociologists Study the Impact Religion Has on Child Development

Feb. 7, 2019 — Do children raised by religious parents have better social and psychological development than those raised in non-religious homes? In a new study, researchers found that religion can be a mixed ...

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Regularly Attending Religious Services Associated With Lower Risk of Deaths of Despair, Study Finds

May 6, 2020 — People who attended religious services at least once a week were significantly less likely to die from 'deaths of despair,' including deaths related ...

Some Surprisingly Good News About Anxiety

Jan. 7, 2020 — Anxiety disorders are the most common type of psychiatric illness, yet researchers know very little about factors associated with recovery. A new study investigated three levels of recovery in a ...

Psychology of Attraction to Religious Deities and Super-Heroes

Sep. 30, 2019 — A new psychological study has addressed centuries-old questions about how and why supernatural beings are ...

Rising Summer Heat Could Soon Endanger Travelers on Annual Muslim Pilgrimage

Aug. 22, 2019 — Over two million Muslim travelers just finished the annual religious pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, traveling during some of the country's ...

Texas Cities Increasingly Susceptible to Large Measles Outbreaks

Aug. 21, 2019 — The growing number of children arriving at Texas schools unvaccinated makes the state increasingly vulnerable to measles outbreaks in cities large and small, according to a computer simulation. The ...

People Are Essential to Conserving Pollinators

Mar. 11, 2019 — A global study has concluded that people are essential to conserving the pollinators that maintain and protect biodiversity, agriculture and ...

On Facebook and Twitter Your Privacy Is at Risk -- Even If You Don't Have an Account, Study Finds

Jan. 21, 2019 — New research shows that on social media, like Facebook, privacy can be at risk, even if a person doesn't have an account. Scientists demonstrated ...

Illuminating Women's Role in the Creation of Medieval Manuscripts

Jan. 9, 2019 — Researchers have revealed direct evidence of medieval women's involvement in the production of illuminated manuscripts. Lapis lazuli in the dental calculus of a woman buried at a 12th-century German ...

How a Rat and Bat Helped Heal a 90-Year Cultural Rift

Nov. 29, 2018 — Mammalogists went to the Solomon Islands in search of a giant rat and monkey-faced bat -- and ended up playing a role in fostering peace between the Kwaio people of Malaita and the Western world. A ...

AI Systems Shed Light on Root Cause of Religious Conflict: Humanity Is Not Naturally Violent

Oct. 31, 2018 — Artificial intelligence can help us to better understand the causes of religious violence and to potentially control it, according to new research. ...