Average intelligence predicts atheism rates across 137 nations

被引：90

作者：

Lynn, Richard ^{[1
]}

Harvey, John

Nyborg, Helmuth ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Ulster, Coleraine BT52 1SA, Londonderry, North Ireland

[2] Univ Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

来源：

INTELLIGENCE | 2009年 / 37卷 / 01期

关键词：

Religion; IQ;

D O I：

10.1016/j.intell.2008.03.004

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Evidence is reviewed pointing to a negative relationship between intelligence and religious belief in the United States and Europe. It is shown that intelligence measured as psychometric g is negatively related to religious belief We also examine whether this negative relationship between intelligence and religious belief is present between nations. We find that in a sample of 137 countries the correlation between national IQ and disbelief in God is 0.60. (C) 2008 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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页码：11 / 15

页数：5

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