Refining and Testing "Counterintuitiveness" in Virtual Reality: Cross-Cultural Evidence for Recall of Counterintuitive Representations

The experiment presented provides partial cross-cultural empirical support for Pascal Boyer's theory of the transmission of minimally counterintuitive (MCI) ideas. Boyer hypothesized that concepts with a small number of counterintuitive features are better remembered and more faithfully communi...

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Authors: Hornbeck, Ryan G. 1981- (Author) ; Barrett, Justin L. 1971- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2013
In: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 2013, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 15-28
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