Study Finds Pattern Recognition Ability May Impact Religious Beliefs

“Our hypothesis is that people whose brains are good at subconsciously discerning patterns in their environment may ascribe those patterns to the hand of a higher power.”

A new research study from a team at Georgetown University tackles one of the bigger questions about humanity: why do some people believe in God? One theory the research suggests is that people who are better at pattern recognition are the ones who may be more likely to translate those patterns into belief in a higher power and become more religious as a result.