Global supernatural beliefs

Matthew I. Billet () and Ara Norenzayan
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Matthew I. Billet: University of British Columbia
Ara Norenzayan: University of British Columbia

Nature Human Behaviour, 2023, vol. 7, issue 5, 670-671

Abstract: Supernatural beliefs shape how people understand the world, but there is debate regarding how these beliefs relate to the natural or social world. Jackson and colleagues quantitatively analysed the ethnographic record and found evidence that supernatural explanations are more commonly used for natural than for social phenomena.

Date: 2023
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