Postdiction in Visual Awareness and Intrinsic Religiosity.

ABSTRACT: The mistiming and fusion of predictive thought and actual perception result in postdiction in awareness, a critical factor in the emergence of nonrational beliefs. Individuals with delusive thinking tend to experience a temporal reversal of prediction ("I guess the rain will fall.") and real perception ("I feel the rain falling."), incorrectly showing conviction that their predictions are correct. It is unknown how postdiction is related to religious cognition with a particular reference to intrinsic religiosity when religious beliefs and values are master motives and fundamental frameworks of life. Using a temporal decision-making task, we investigated a group of religiously committed individuals, atheists, and people from the general community. Results revealed higher postdiction at shor

SUBMITTER: Keri S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9285905 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature