Bringing ritual to mind : psychological foundations of cultural forms

1. Cognitive constraints on religious ritual form: a theory of participants' competence with religious ritual systems 2. Ritual and memory: frequency and flashbulbs 3. Two hypotheses concerning religious ritual and emotional stimulation 4. Assessing the two hypotheses 5. General profiles of religious ritual systems: the emerging cognitive science of religion.

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