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Coventry University: Coventry, GB

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Coventry University

Coventry University: Coventry, West Midlands, GB

2014-08-01 to present | Reader in Cognitive and Biological Psychology (Centre for Psychology, Behaviour and Achievement)
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Miguel Farias

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University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

2000-10-01 to 2004-12-07 | DPhil (Department of Experimental Psychology)
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Interpersonal and individual effects of an app-based Christian and Islamic heart meditation intervention in healthy adults: protocol of a stratified randomised controlled trial

BMC Psychology
2024-09-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Chung Fei Ng; Miguel Farias; Inti A. Brazil
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Is it Ethically Wrong to Integrate Mindfulness into Public Health?

Mindfulness
2024-05-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Miguel Farias
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Examining the relationship between metacognitive trust in thinking styles and supernatural beliefs

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
2024-04 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom; Adam Baimel; Everton Maraldi; Miguel Farias
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Bending and bonding: a randomized controlled trial on the socio-psychobiological effects of spiritual versus secular yoga practice on social bonding

Current Psychology
2023-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Sarah Jane Charles; Valerie van Mulukom; Ambikananda Saraswati; Fraser Watts; Robin Dunbar; Miguel Farias
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Past Life Meditation Decreases Existential Death Anxiety and Increases Meaning in Life among Individuals Who Believe in the Paranormal

Journal of Cognition and Culture
2023-08-25 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Claire White; Miguel Farias
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Believing in the Powers of Mindfulness

Mindfulness
2023-07 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Masoumeh Rahmani; Valerie van Mulukom; Miguel Farias
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A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being

Religion, Brain and Behavior
2023-07-03 | Journal article
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Contributors: Suzanne Hoogeveen; Alexandra Sarafoglou; Balazs Aczel; Yonathan Aditya; Alexandra J. Alayan; Peter J. Allen; Sacha Altay; Shilaan Alzahawi; Yulmaida Amir; Francis Vincent Anthony et al.
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The Nontheistic Sacred

The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
2023-07-03 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Kyle J. Messick; Jonathan Jong; Valerie van Mulukom; Miguel Farias
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Social Support, Help-Seeking Behaviors, and Positive/Negative Affect Among Individuals Reporting Mediumship Experiences

International Journal of Latin American Religions
2023-06 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Everton de Oliveira Maraldi; Adriano Costa; Alexandre Cunha; Edson Hamazaki; Douglas Flores; Gregório Pereira de Queiroz; Jeverson Reichow; Mateus Martinez; Ricardo Ribeiro; Silvana Siqueira et al.
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Do you need religion to enjoy the benefits of Church services? Social bonding, morality and quality of life among religious and secular congregations.

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
2023-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Jennifer E. Brown; Valerie van Mulukom; Sarah J. Charles; Miguel Farias
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Feasibility and preliminary outcomes of intensive mindfulness and yoga on prisoners with personality disorders

Brain Behavior and Immunity Integrative
2023-04-19 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Ivana Buric; Miguel Farias; Stoyan Kurtev; Valerie van Mulukom; Christopher Mee; Lloyd Gould; Sabeela Rehman; Barbara Parker; Inti A. Brazil
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What Do Nonreligious Nonbelievers Believe in?

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
2023-02 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom; Hugh Turpin; Roosa Haimila; Benjamin Grant Purzycki; Theiss Bendixen; Eva Kundtová Klocová; Dan Řezníček; Thomas Joseph Coleman III; Kenan Sevinç; Everton Maraldi et al.
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Invisible humans and their gods

Religion, Brain and Behavior
2023-01-02 | Other | Author
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Contributors: Pablo Albernaz; Miguel Farias
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The mind possessed: well-being, personality, and cognitive characteristics of individuals regularly experiencing religious possession

Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Roma Delmonte; Miguel Farias; Marco Aurélio V. Bastos Júnior; Leandro Madeira; Beatriz Sonego
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DEBATE: The inevitable decline of mindfulness

Child and Adolescent Mental Health
2022-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Miguel Farias
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The Nontheistic Sacred: The Psychological Functions of Metal Music and Artefacts

2022-10-07 | Preprint
Contributors: Kyle J. Messick; Jonathan Jong; Valerie van Mulukom; Miguel Farias
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Individual differences in meditation interventions: A meta-analytic study

British Journal of Health Psychology
2022-09 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Ivana Buric; Miguel Farias; Josi M. A. Driessen; Inti A. Brazil
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Exploring the Relationship Between Church Worship, Social Bonding, and Moral Values

Archive for the Psychology of Religion
2022-03 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Jennifer Brown; Valerie van Mulukom; Jonathan Jong; Fraser Watts; Miguel Farias
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Examining the relationship between metacognitive trust in thinking styles and supernatural beliefs

2021-11-18 | Preprint
Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom; Adam Baimel; Everton de Oliveira Maraldi; Thomas Joseph Coleman, III; Miguel Farias
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The Oxford Handbook of Meditation

2021-10-21 | Edited book | Editor
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Contributors: Miguel Farias; David Brazier; Mansur Lalljee
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Introduction: Understanding and Studying Meditation

The Oxford Handbook of Meditation
2021-10-16 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Miguel Farias; David Brazier; Mansur Lalljee
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Art performances and religious rituals: How transformative experiences can foster knowledge

2021-10-07 | Preprint
Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom; Armin W. Geertz; Robert Clark; Miguel Farias
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The psychological impact of threat and lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic: exacerbating factors and mitigating actions

Translational Behavioral Medicine
2021-07-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom; Barbara Muzzulini; Bastiaan T Rutjens; Caspar J van Lissa; Miguel Farias
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Cambridge Psycholinguistic Inventory of Christian Beliefs

Behavior Research Methods
2021-07-09 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Kaili Clackson; Nadya Pohran; Riccardo M Galli; Laura Labno; Miguel Farias; Tristan A Bekinschtein; Valdas Noreika
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United on Sunday: The effects of secular rituals on social bonding and affect

PLoS ONE
2021-01-27 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Sarah Jane Charles; Valerie van Mulukom; Jennifer Brown; Fraser Watts; Robin Dunbar; Miguel Farias
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Adverse events in meditation practices and meditation‐based therapies: a systematic review

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
2020-11 | Journal article
Contributors: M. Farias; E. Maraldi; K. C. Wallenkampf; G. Lucchetti
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The alchemy of meditation

Mutual Enrichment between Psychology and Theology
2020-11-29 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Miguel Farias; Masoumeh Rahmani
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Cambridge Psycholinguistic Inventory of Christian Beliefs: A Registered Report of Construct Validity, Internal Consistency and Test-Retest Reliability

2020-11-28 | Other
Contributors: Kaili Clackson; Nadya Pohran; Riccardo Mattia Galli; Laura Labno; Miguel Farias; Tristan Bekinschtein; Valdas Noreika
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Nonreligion, Atheism, & Mental Health

2020-11-11 | Other
Contributors: Miguel Farias; Thomas Joseph Coleman, III
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Blocking mu-opioid receptors inhibits social bonding in rituals

Biology Letters
2020-10 | Journal article
Contributors: S. J. Charles; M. Farias; V. van Mulukom; A. Saraswati; S. Dein; F. Watts; R. I. M. Dunbar
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A dimensional measure of schizotypy

Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
2020-10-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Letícia Oliveira Alminhana; Marcela Alves Sanseverino; Miguel Farias; Wagner De Lara Machado; Gordon Claridge
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The Psychological Impact of Threat & Lockdowns During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020-07-22 | Other
Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom; Barbara Muzzulini; Bastiaan T Rutjens; Caspar J. Van Lissa; Miguel Farias
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United on Sunday: The effects of secular rituals on social bonding and affect

2020-06-27 | Other
Contributors: Sarah Jane Charles; Valerie van Mulukom; Jennifer Brown; Fraser Watts; R. I. M. Dunbar; Miguel Farias
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Assessing Implicit Spirituality in a non-WEIRD Population: Development and Validation of an Implicit Measure of New Age and Paranormal Beliefs

The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
2020-04-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Everton de Oliveira Maraldi; Miguel Farias
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Psychological Approaches to Leaving Religion

Handbook of Leaving Religion
2020-02-11 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Kyle Messick; Miguel Farias
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The aetiology of social deficits within mental health disorders: The role of the immune system and endogenous opioids

Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health
2020-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Sarah J. Charles; Miguel Farias; Robin I.M. Dunbar
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Blocking mu-opioid receptors inhibits social bonding in rituals

2020-01-31 | Other
Contributors: Sarah Jane Charles; Miguel Farias; Valerie van Mulukom; Ambikananda Saraswati; Simon Dein; Fraser Watts; R. I. M. Dunbar
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Religious Rituals Increase Social Bonding and Pain Threshold

2020-01-31 | Other
Contributors: Sarah Jane Charles; Valerie van Mulukom; Miguel Farias; Jennifer Brown; Romara Delmonte; Everton de Oliveira Maraldi; Leon Turner; Fraser Watts; Joseph Watts, Dr.; R. I. M. Dunbar
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Atheists on the Santiago way

Sociology of Religion
2019 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Miguel Farias; Thomas Joseph Coleman III; James Bartlett; Lluis Oviedo; Pedro Soares; Tiago Santos; María del Carmen Bas
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The Scientific Study of Belief and Pain Modulation

Spirituality, Religiousness and Health
2019 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Miguel Farias; Guy Kahane; Nicholas Shackel
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The effects of belief in God and science on acute stress

Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice
2019-06-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Miguel Farias; Anna-Kaisa Newheiser
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Atheists on the Santiago Way: Examining Motivations to go on Pilgrimage

2018-05-16 | Preprint
Contributors: Miguel Farias; Thomas Joseph Coleman, III; James Edward Bartlett
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The limited prosocial effects of meditation: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2018-02-05 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Ute Kreplin; Miguel Farias; Inti A. Brazil
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How to tell a happy from an unhappy schizotype

Revista Braslileira de Psiquiatria
2017 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Letícia Oliveira Alminhana; Miguel Farias; Gordon Claridge; Claude R. Cloninger; Alexander Moreira-Almeida
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Self-Directedness Predicts Quality of Life in Individuals with Psychotic Experiences

Psychopathology
2017 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Letícia Oliveira Alminhana; Miguel Farias; Gordon Claridge; C. Robert Cloninger; Alexander Moreira-Almeida
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Supernatural Belief Is Not Modulated by Intuitive Thinking Style or Cognitive Inhibition.

Scientific Reports
2017-11-08 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Miguel Farias; Valerie van Mulukom; Guy Kahane; Ute Kreplin; Anna Joyce; Pedro Soares; Lluis Oviedo; Mathilde Hernu; Karolina Rokita; Julian Savulescu et al.
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What Is the Molecular Signature of Mind-Body Interventions?

Frontiers in Immunology
2017-06-16 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Ivana Buric; Miguel Farias; Jonathan Jong; Christopher Mee; Inti A. Brazil
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Can DSM-5 Differentiate between Non-Pathological Possession and Dissociative Identity Disorder? A Case Study from an Afro-Brazilian Religion

Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
2016 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Roma Delmonte; G. Lucchetti; A. Moreira-Almeida; Miguel Farias
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Has the science of mindfulness lost its mind?

BJPsych Bulletin
2016-12-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Miguel Farias; C. Wikholm
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What is mindfulness-based therapy good for? Evidence, Limitations and Controversies

The Lancet Psychiatry
2016-11 | Other | Author
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Contributors: Miguel Farias; C. Wikholm; Romara Delmonte
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