Bringing ritual to mind : psychological foundations of cultural forms / Robert N. McCauley and E. Thomas Lawson.

By:

McCauley, Robert N

Contributor(s):

Lawson, E. Thomas

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 236 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0511020767
9780511020766
0511177739
9780511177736
9780511606410
0511606419
9780511045790
0511045794
0511148135
9780511148132
1280434236
9781280434235
9786610434237
6610434239
1107134099
9781107134096
0511305176
9780511305177

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Bringing ritual to mind.DDC classification:

291.3/8/019 21

LOC classification:

BL600 .M36 2002eb

Other classification:

73.57
CV 7500
LC 30000

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Contents:

Cognitive constraints on religious ritual form: a theory of participants' competence with religious ritual systems -- Ritual and memory: frequency and flashbulbs -- Two hypotheses concerning religious ritual and emotional stimulation -- Assessing the two hypotheses -- General profiles of religious ritual systems: the emerging cognitive science of religion.

Summary: Bringing Ritual to Mind explores the psychological foundations of religious rituals. Religious rituals exploit either high performance frequency or extraordinary emotional stimulation (but not both) to enhance recollection. McCauley and Lawson use a wide range of evidence to argue that the explanation lies in participants' cognitive representations of ritual form.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-227) and index.

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Bringing Ritual to Mind explores the psychological foundations of religious rituals. Religious rituals exploit either high performance frequency or extraordinary emotional stimulation (but not both) to enhance recollection. McCauley and Lawson use a wide range of evidence to argue that the explanation lies in participants' cognitive representations of ritual form.

English.

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