Analytic thinking undermines religious belief while intelligence undermines social conservatism, study suggests
Religion and politics appear to be related to different aspects of cognition, according to new psychological research. Religion is more related to quick, intuitive thinking while politics is more related to intelligence. The study, which was published in the scientific journal Personality and Individual Differences, found evidence that religious people tend to be less reflective while social conservatives tend to have lower cognitive ability.
Continue Reading http://www.psypost.org
Join the Discussion