Religion, Brain & Behavior, Volume 7, Issue 4 (2017)

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Hilbert Problems in the Scientific Study of Religion

Editorial

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Hilbert Problems in the scientific study of religion
Richard Sosis, Wesley J. Wildman, Joseph Bulbulia & Uffe Schjoedt
Pages: 277-278
Published online: 12 Oct 2017
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Is religion necessary for morality?
Hasan G. Bahçekapili & Onurcan Yilmaz
Pages: 279-281
Published online: 13 Mar 2017
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Could we advance the science of religion (better) without the concept “religion”?
Justin L. Barrett
Pages: 282-284
Published online: 13 Mar 2017
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Can honest signaling theory clarify religion’s role in the evolution of social inequality?
Joseph Bulbulia, Gloria Fraser, Joseph Watts, John H. Shaver & Russell Gray
Pages: 285-288
Published online: 09 Mar 2017
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What is the naturalistic basis of theological interpretation?
James Carney & Támas Dávid-Barrett
Pages: 289-292
Published online: 09 Mar 2017
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Which functions assumed to be religious and spiritual in nature are ultimately attributable or reducible to purely secular mechanisms?
Luke Galen
Pages: 293-295
Published online: 09 Mar 2017
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What is the causal relationship between death anxiety and religious belief?
Jonathan Jong & Jamin Halberstadt
Pages: 296-298
Published online: 09 Mar 2017
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Can we predict religious extremism?
Justin E. Lane
Pages: 299-304
Published online: 13 Mar 2017
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How does the evolution of the mammalian autonomic nervous system help to explain religious prosociality?
Hillary L. Lenfesty & Thomas G. Fikes
Pages: 305-308
Published online: 13 Mar 2017
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Do secular and religious social networks meet the same individual and societal needs?
Kevin J. McCaffree & Anondah R. Saide
Pages: 309-312
Published online: 09 Mar 2017
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Can the cognitive basis of the apprehension of transcendence be mapped to cerebral structure and function?
Andrew Robinson
Pages: 313-315
Published online: 09 Mar 2017
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Why is belief in God not a delusion?
Robert M. Ross & Ryan McKay
Pages: 316-319
Published online: 09 Mar 2017
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How does religious experience work in predictive minds?
Uffe Schjoedt & Marc Andersen
Pages: 320-323
Published online: 09 Mar 2017
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Why and how do religious individuals, and some religious groups, achieve higher relative fertility?
John H. Shaver
Pages: 324-327
Published online: 13 Mar 2017
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Is religion an evolutionarily evoked disease-avoidance strategy?
John A. Terrizzi
Pages: 328-330
Published online: 09 Mar 2017
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Can the experimental study of religion be advanced using a Bayesian predictive framework?
Michiel van Elk & Eric-Jan Wagenmakers
Pages: 331-334
Published online: 09 Mar 2017
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Can sexual selection theory explain the evolution of individual and group-level religious beliefs and behaviors?
James A. Van Slyke
Pages: 335-338
Published online: 13 Mar 2017
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What are the causes and consequences of belief in karma?
Cindel White, Adam Baimel & Ara Norenzayan
Pages: 339-342
Published online: 13 Mar 2017
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Commentaries

Article Commentary
Beyond the building blocks of religion: a commentary on the Hilbert problem essays
Candace S. Alcorta
Pages: 343-348
Published online: 13 Mar 2017
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What’s missing from the scientific study of religion?
R. I. M. Dunbar
Pages: 349-353
Published online: 13 Mar 2017
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Recruiting and pursuing Big Questions in the scientific study of religion
Nicholas J. S. Gibson
Pages: 354-360
Published online: 13 Mar 2017
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What is transcendence, how did it evolve, and is it beneficial?
Gregory Gorelik & Todd K. Shackelford
Pages: 361-365
Published online: 13 Mar 2017
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Stronger together
William Scott Green & Joshua Myers
Pages: 366-370
Published online: 13 Mar 2017
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Criteria for good Hilbert problems or other potentially fruitful research directions
Luke J. Matthews
Pages: 371-374
Published online: 13 Mar 2017
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Why add the supernatural?
Matt Rossano & Adam LeBlanc
Pages: 375-377
Published online: 13 Mar 2017
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“Religion” is complex and diverse
Fraser Watts & Roger Bretherton
Pages: 378-382
Published online: 13 Mar 2017
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Correction
Corrigendum
Page: x
Published online: 30 Mar 2017
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Editorial Board

Editorial Board
Page: ebi
Published online: 12 Oct 2017
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