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minimally counterintuitive concepts: a standalone construct

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Cognitive science of religion

concepts that violate a few intuitive expectations, like a person who walks through walls, and are therefore especially memorable.

In cognitive science of religion, minimally counterintuitive concepts refers to concepts that violate a few intuitive expectations, like a person who walks through walls, and are therefore especially memorable. This meaning comes from Boyer (2001) in Cognitive Science.[1]

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Boyer, P., & Ramble, C. (2001). Cognitive templates for religious concepts: cross‐cultural evidence for recall of counter‐intuitive representations. Cognitive Science, 25(4), 535-564. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15516709cog2504_2

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