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The sacred and the absurd––an electrophysiological study of counterintuitive ideas (at sentence level)

Sabela Fondevila Center for Human Evolution and Behavior, UCM-ISCIII, Madrid, SpainCorrespondence[email protected]
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Manuel Martín-Loeches Center for Human Evolution and Behavior, UCM-ISCIII, Madrid, Spain; Psychobiology Department, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Laura Jiménez-Ortega Center for Human Evolution and Behavior, UCM-ISCIII, Madrid, Spain; Psychobiology Department, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Pilar Casado Center for Human Evolution and Behavior, UCM-ISCIII, Madrid, Spain; Psychobiology Department, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Alejandra Sel Center for Human Evolution and Behavior, UCM-ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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Anabel Fernández-Hernández Center for Human Evolution and Behavior, UCM-ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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Werner Sommer Institute for Psychology, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Pages 445-457 | Received 25 Apr 2011, Accepted 08 Nov 2011, Published online: 06 Dec 2011

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