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Christian Jarrett
Dr Christian Jarrett is the author of PERSONOLOGY, Using the Science of Personality Change to Your Advantage, forthcoming from Simon and Schuster (North America) and Little Brown (UK and Commonwealth).
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For many, their religion is a core part of their identity, the meaning they find in life, and their social world. Changing this crucial aspect of themselves will have significant psychological consequences.
Two studies, summing up almost 5,000 participants, point to an interesting link between education and conspiracy theories.
The idea that we learn better when taught via our preferred modality or “learning style” – such as visually, orally, or by doing – is not supported by evidence.
Imagining ourselves as no longer existing is, for most of us, terrifying. Buddhism may offer some reassurance.