Professor Dave Explains's video: The Cognitive Basis of Superstition and Belief in the Supernatural

What is superstition, and what is the psychological basis behind it? What drives belief in the supernatural, and is there any evolutionary basis for it? Are we merely driven to detect patterns in chaos, or is there something more to it? Let's dig into this now! Children’s belief in an invisible person inhibits cheating: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2011.02.003 Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1043-4 How superstition improves performance: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797610372631 Script by Caitlyn Finton Animation by Ignacio Triana: https://www.youtube.com/c/Unraveled Watch the whole Psychology playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePsych General Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChem Organic Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChem Biochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochem Biology/Genetics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBio Anatomy & Physiology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveAnatPhys Biopsychology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiopsych Microbiology/Infectious Diseases Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveMicrobio Pharmacology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePharma History of Drugs Videos: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveHistoryDrugs Immunology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveImmuno EMAIL► ProfessorDaveExplains@gmail.com PATREON► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplains Check out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience! Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVH Bookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADM Barnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Book Depository: http://bit.ly/3aOVDlT