Biological and cognitive underpinnings of religious fundamentalism

[JumpCrisscross]

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0028393217301318

[dpflan]

> These findings indicate that cognitive flexibility and openness are necessary for flexible and adaptive religious commitment, and that such diversity of religious thought is dependent on dorsolateral prefrontal cortex functionality.

Fascinating! I hope this leads to more such research.

[michalu]

"large" sample of 119 patients ...

[begemotz → michalu]

relatively speaking, 119 patients for this type of research is a rather large N.