What fictional superheroes can tell us about devotion and why we believe in gods
- Written by Thomas Swan, Assistant Research Fellow, University of Otago
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The relentless supply of movies about superheroes and supervillains is difficult to ignore. Some people can’t get enough. Others hope to avoid them. But psychological researchers see a cultural phenomenon...
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