Beliefs about soul, afterlife that we acquire as children stick with us

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Beliefs about soul, afterlife that we acquire as children stick with us
ScienceDaily

URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 114142.htm
Category: healthNews
Published: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 11:41:42 EST

Description: Beliefs about the soul and afterlife, acquired in childhood, tend to stick with us. In a study, 348 undergraduate psychology students were asked about their beliefs concerning the soul and afterlife when they were 10 years old, and now. Their answers gave her the students' explicit beliefs -- that is, what the students said they believed now, and what they remembered believing when they were 10.