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Direct linkLegare, Cristine H.; Souza, Andre L. – Cognition, 2012
Rituals pose a cognitive paradox: although widely used to treat problems, rituals are causally opaque (i.e., they lack a causal explanation for their effects). How is the efficacy of ritual action evaluated in the absence of causal information? To examine this question using ecologically valid content, three studies (N=162) were conducted in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Activities, Evaluation, Cultural Context
