Cognitive resource depletion in religious interactions

J 2013

Cognitive resource depletion in religious interactions

SCHJOEDT, Uffe, Jesper SØRENSEN, Kristoffer Laigaard NIELBO, Dimitrios XYGALATAS, Panagiotis MITKIDIS et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Cognitive resource depletion in religious interactions

Authors

SCHJOEDT, Uffe (208 Denmark), Jesper SØRENSEN (208 Denmark), Kristoffer Laigaard NIELBO (208 Denmark), Dimitrios XYGALATAS (300 Greece, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Panagiotis MITKIDIS (300 Greece) and Joseph BULBULIA (554 New Zealand)

Edition

Religion, Brain & Behavior, London, Routledge, 2013, 2153-599X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/13:00067706

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2012.736714

UT WoS

000421758800004

Keywords in English

resource depletion; predictive coding; ritualized behavior; emotion regulation; authority

Abstract

V originále

We explore the cognitive effects of three common features of religious interactions: (1) demand for the expressive suppression of emotion; (2) exposure to goal-demoted and causally opaque actions; and (3) the presence of a charismatic authority. Using a cognitive resource model of executive function, we argue that these three features affect the executive system in ways that limit the capacity for individual processing of religious events. We frame our analysis in the context of a general assumption that collective rituals facilitate the transmission of cultural ideas. Building on recent experiments, we suggest that these three features increase participants' susceptibility to authoritative narratives and interpretations by preventing individuals from constructing their own accounts of the ritual event.

Links

EE2.3.20.0048, research and development project

Name: Laboratoř pro experimentální výzkum náboženství

Citovat

SCHJOEDT, Uffe, Jesper SØRENSEN, Kristoffer Laigaard NIELBO, Dimitrios XYGALATAS, Panagiotis MITKIDIS and Joseph BULBULIA. Cognitive resource depletion in religious interactions. Religion, Brain & Behavior. London: Routledge, 2013, vol. 3, No 1, p. 39-55. ISSN 2153-599X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2012.736714.

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SCHJOEDT, Uffe, Jesper SØRENSEN, Kristoffer Laigaard NIELBO, Dimitrios XYGALATAS, Panagiotis MITKIDIS and Joseph BULBULIA. Cognitive resource depletion in religious interactions. \textit{Religion, Brain \&{} Behavior}. London: Routledge, 2013, vol.~3, No~1, p.~39-55. ISSN~2153-599X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2012.736714.

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