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New study links brain network damage to increased religious fundamentalism (www.psypost.org)

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago

Someone should also examine the effects of age-related cognitive decline on fundamentalist beliefs. Anecdotally, people turning to fundamentalist religion and/or authoritarian conservatism does seem to correlate with their cognitive capabilities deteriorating to the point of maintaining a nuanced view of the world becoming increasingly challenging.

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