3
Shared Docs
3
Same-Page
3 / 3
Mentions
that children tend toward creationist explanations of natural phenomena. there?' ... Given ambiguous stimuli, we often posit an agency at play." Guthrie suggested that natural selection primed this system for false positives, because if the bump in the night is really a burglar—or a lion—you could
ong way from explaining the complex systems of gods and rituals that make up religion. Cognitive researchers face what has come to be called the "Mickey Mouse" problem: The Disney character Mickey Mouse has supernatural powers, but no one worships or would Social circuits. When subjects in an fMRI scann
that children tend toward creationist explanations of natural phenomena. there?' ... Given ambiguous stimuli, we often posit an agency at play." Guthrie suggested that natural selection primed this system for false positives, because if the bump in the night is really a burglar—or a lion—you could
ong way from explaining the complex systems of gods and rituals that make up religion. Cognitive researchers face what has come to be called the "Mickey Mouse" problem: The Disney character Mickey Mouse has supernatural powers, but no one worships or would Social circuits. When subjects in an fMRI scann
that children tend toward creationist explanations of natural phenomena. there?' ... Given ambiguous stimuli, we often posit an agency at play:' Guthrie suggested that natural selection primed this system for false positives, because if the bump in the night is really a burglar—or a lion—you could
ong way from explaining the complex systems of gods and rituals that make up religion. Cognitive researchers face what has come to be called the "Mickey Mouse" problem: The Disney character Mickey Mouse has supernatural powers, but no one worships or would • Acfon mollifying • Sellkno•ledge • Person p
Entities connected to both Guthrie and Mickey Mouse

Prince Charles
PERSON
Eric Schmidt
PERSONCourtney Wild
PERSON
Marc Rich
PERSON
Harvard University
ORGANIZATION
United Kingdom
LOCATION
Vancouver
LOCATION
St. Louis
LOCATION
Martha Stewart
PERSON
Charles Darwin
PERSONGobekli Tepe
PERSON
George W. Bush
PERSONJustin Barrett
PERSONColin Renfrew
PERSONElizabeth Culotta
PERSONQafzeh
PERSONHenry de Lumley
PERSONNicholas Conard
PERSONConard
PERSON
Prince Andrew
PERSON