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Research Article

Prayer as collaborative problem solving

E. B. Schille-Hudsona Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA;b Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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T. M. Luhrmanna Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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D. Landyb Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA;c Netflix, Los Gatos, CA, USA
Received 24 Aug 2023, Accepted 21 Feb 2024, Published online: 04 Jul 2024

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