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Prediction error during functional and non-functional action sequences : A computational exploration of ritual and ritualized event processing. / Nielbo, Kristoffer Laigaard ; Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Journal of Cognition and Culture, 2012.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Spontaneous processing of functional and non-functional action sequences. / Nielbo, Kristoffer Laigaard ; Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Religion, Brain, and Behavior, Vol. 1, No. 1, 02.2011, p. 18-30.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Michael Stausberg, ed., Contemporary theories of religion. a critical companion, Routledge, Abingdon, 2009. 309 sider,. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, No. 57, 08.2011, p. 83-90.Publication: Research › Literature review
Religion i laboratoriet. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Figenbladet. 2011 ; (53), 01 October 2011. p. 14-15.Publication: Communication › Feature article
Fortidens sind : Hvad kan historiografien lære af kognitionsvidenskab og evolutionære studier?. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, No. 56, 2011, p. 61-84.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Past Minds : Present Historiography and Cognitive Science. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Past Minds: Studies in Cognitive Historiography. ed. / Luther H. Martin ; Sørensen Jesper. London : Equinox Publishing Ltd, SW 11, 2011. (Religion, Cognition and Culture).Publication: Research - peer-review › Book chapter
Preface. / Martin, Luther H. ; Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Past Minds: Studies in Cognitive Historiography. ed. / Luther H. Martin ; Jesper Sørensen. London : Equinox Publishing Ltd, SW 11, 2011. p. xi-xiii (Religion, Cognition and Culture).Publication: Research › Preface/postscript
Religionskritik og religionsvidenskab : Underminerer det videnskabelige studie af religion religiøse udsagns sandhedsprætentioner?. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: At kortlægge religion: Grundlagsdiskussioner i religionsforskningen. ed. / Torben Hammersholt ; Caroline Schaffalitzky de Muckadell. Vol. 1 1. ed. Højbjerg : Forlaget Univers, 2011. p. 137-157.Publication: Research › Book chapter
Dávná mysl: Soucasná historiografie a kognitivní veda. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Religio, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2010, p. 3-29.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Joseph Bulbulia, Richard Sosis, Erica Harris, Russel Genet, Cheryl Genet, and Karen Wyman (eds.): The Evolution of Religion: Studies, Theories, and Critique. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Temenos, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2010, p. 121-124.Publication: Research › Literature review
Magic as a State of Mind? : Neurocognitive Theory and Magic in Early Modern Europe. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2010, p. 108-112.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Religion : I psyke og samfund. / Sørensen, Jesper ; Hammer, Olav.
1 ed. Århus : Århus Universitetsforlag, 2010. 227 p. (Univers).Publication: Communication › Book
Religion : I människors medvetanden och samhällen. / Hammer, Olav ; Sørensen, Jesper.
1 ed. Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2010. 216 p.Publication: Communication › Book
Cognition and Religious Phenomena : A response to Håkan Rydving. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Temenos, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2008, p. 111-122.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Guder, ånder og ritualer : Hvordan vores kognitive systemer former religiøse forestillinger og handlinger. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Religion. Tidsskriftet for Religionslærerforeningen for Gymnasiet og HF, No. 3, 2008, p. 51-60.Publication: Research › Journal article
Magic among the Trobrianders : Conceptual mapping in magical rituals. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Cognitive Semiotics, Vol. 2008, No. 3, 2008, p. 36-64.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
A Cognitive Theory of Magic. / Sørensen, Jesper.
Walnut Creek : AltaMira Press, 2007.Publication: Research › Book
Acts that Work : A Cognitive Approach to Ritual Agency. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, Vol. 19, No. 3-4, 2007, p. 281-300.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Ideernes epidemiologi og kulturens immunologi : Et forsvar for et kulturhistorisk forklaringsniveau. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Antropologi, No. 53, 2007, p. 5-16.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Malinowski and Magical Ritual. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Religion, Anthropology, and Cognitive Science. ed. / Harvey Whitehouse ; James Laidlaw. Durham, NC, USA : Carolina Academic Press, 2007. p. 81-104 (Ritual Studies Monograph Series).Publication: Research › Book chapter
Agents and Instruments in Judgements of Ritual Efficacy. / Sørensen, Jesper ; Liénard, Pierre ; Feeny, Chelsea.
In: Journal of Cognition and Culture, Vol. 6, No. 3-4, 2006, p. 463-482.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Charisma, Tradition, and Ritual : A Cognitive Approach to Magical Agency. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Mind and Religion: Psychological and Cognitive Foundations of Religiosity. ed. / H Whitehouse ; R.N McCauley. AltaMira Press, 2005. p. 167-186.Publication: Research › Book chapter
Karisma, ritual og magisk agens. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Fra Buddha til Beckham. ed. / P Götke ; J Havelund ; K Rasmussen. Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 2005. p. 127-142.Publication: Research › Book chapter
Komparation, kognition og religionsvidenskabelige prototyper : (eller hvorfor man sammenligner æbler og pærer). / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Religionsvidenskabens komparative udfordring. ed. / J Haviv ; A Lisdorf ; P Poulsen. Museum Tusculanum, 2005. p. 111-126.Publication: Research › Book chapter
Religion in Mind : A Review Article of the Cognitive Science of Religion. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Numen, Vol. 52, No. 4, 2005, p. 465-494.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Ritual as Action and Symbolic Expression. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Genre and Ritual: The Cultural Heritage of Medieval Rituals. ed. / E Østrem ; M.B Bruun ; N.H Petersen ; J Fleischer. Museum Tusculanum, 2005. p. 49-64.Publication: Research › Book chapter
The Problem of Magic : Or How Gibberish Becomes Efficacious Action. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Recherches Semiotiques - Semiotic Inquiry, Vol. 25, No. 1-2, 2005, p. 93-117.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Religion, Evolution and an Immunology of Cultural Systems. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Evolution and Cognition, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2004, p. 61-73.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Theosophy : metaphors of the subject. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Temenos: Studies in Comparative Religion, Vol. 40, 2004.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Guder, ånder og ritualer : Hvordan hjernen former religiøse forestillinger. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Tidsskriftet Humanist, Vol. 3, 2003, p. 14-26.Publication: Research › Journal article
Hvad nu hvis (2)...? : En replik til Povl Götke. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Religion. Tidsskriftet for Religionslærerforeningen for Gymnasiet og HF, Vol. 4, 2003, p. 39-44.Publication: Research › Journal article
The Question of Ritual. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, Vol. XVIII, 2003, p. 207-220.Publication: Research › Journal article
Anmeldelse af Cognitive Models and Spiritual Maps. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Chaos, Vol. 37, 2002, p. 184-7.Publication: Research › Journal article
Anmeldelse af Secular Theories on Religion. Red. Tim Jensen og Mikale Rothstein. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2002.Publication: Research › Journal article
'The Morphology and Function of Magic' Revisited. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Current Approaches in the Cognitive Study of Religion. ed. / Veikko Veikko Anttonen ; Pÿsianen. Illka. London : Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd, 2002. p. 172-202.Publication: Research › Book chapter
Magi og rituel effikacitet - en kognitiv tilgang. / Sørensen, Jesper.
In: Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, Vol. 8, 2001, p. 59-71.Publication: Research › Journal article
Den magiske illusion. / Sørensen, Jesper.
2000. (Antropologi, 41).Publication: Research › Book
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