Matthew (Gospel of ) 5, 36–7, 44, 66, 69, 83,
90, 96, 103, 106, 113, 120, 134, 140,
170, 176
maturational naturalness 17, 34–5, 43, 47, 71,
80, 128, 133, 136, 208, 216
meal practice (in Antiquity) 5, 89–90, 94–6,
103, 109–10, 117, 151;see alsoEucharist
meiotic drive 29
meme theory 24, 26–7, 29–31, 41–3, 45–8,
137, 183, 216– 18
memory 1, 4–5, 10, 13, 14, 17, 19, 47, 56–60,
62 – 87, 88, 93, 108–13, 134, 136, 146–7,
160 – 1, 186
autobiographical 58, 77
collective (cultural, historical, social) 4,
86, 186
composition in 84–5, 87
consolidation 63–4, 78
cuing 74–6, 87
distortion 47, 78–9, 86
and emotions,seeemotions: and memory
episodic 19, 77–9, 85–7, 108–10, 155
external 13, 50;see alsoexternal
representations
flashbulb 4, 78–9, 108– 9
and the Jesus tradition 43, 77–9, 83, 86, 210
long-term (vs. short-term) 56, 63–6, 76–7,
81 n, 85, 146
retrieval 5, 62–3, 74– 7
and self-relatedness 113
semantic 19, 77, 108–10, 155
and stress 111–13, 154
and the synoptic problem 87
types of 62– 3
working 57, 63n,65–7, 85, 87, 93, 147, 161
see alsoamnesia; eyewitness testimony;
schema; script (cognitive)
Miller, Brenda 62, 67
mind 1, 8–16, 31–9, 46, 49–51, 67–8, 93, 114,
119, 174, 187
/brain identity 11, 50
see alsocognition; modularity
minimal counterintuitiveness,see
counterintuitiveness, minimal
minimally counterintuitive (MCI) agents 17,
134, 136
miracle (story) 1, 6, 81–2, 132–8, 140, 216;
see alsomagic
model
cognitive vs. cultural 208–11, 214–16;
see alsocognitive science; evolutionary
psychology
computer simulation 4, 7, 10–11, 22, 47,
106, 187–9, 191– 206
Modes Theory 18–19, 107–9, 121, 154– 5
modularity (of mind) 12– 13
Molaison, Henry G. (H.M.) 62
morality 1, 6–7, 22, 32, 36–7, 40, 45, 99–100,
104, 129–30, 134, 139, 166–86, 212, 216
Moses 185
motor cortex (primary) 21, 55, 57, 59, 85,
144, 161
music 21, 44, 59, 75, 80, 94, 148, 150, 156,
213;see alsodance, singingname of Jesus 36, 44, 116–17, 130, 135, 140
narrative 44, 65, 69–83, 109–10, 135, 147,
160, 162–4, 188, 209, 213, 216;see also
script (cognitive)
Nash-equilibrium 100n
natural selection 24–7, 29, 31–2, 36, 40,
47 – 8, 218
near-death experience (NDE) 158– 9
nervous system 51–2, 63;see alsobrain;
neuron
NetLogo (programming language) 7, 192–5,
198 n, 199, 203– 5
neuron 10–11, 14, 51–4, 59, 63–4, 67, 69, 144,
160 – 1
action potential 52– 3
axon 52– 4
synapse 53–3, 63– 4
synaptic cleft 53
neuroreceptors 53, 160– 1
neurotransmitters 53–4, 160– 2
dopamine 53, 159– 61
serotonin 54, 160– 1
neutral selection 26
norms (of behavior) 74, 98, 166, 172, 176, 211occipital lobe 56, 162
ontology (intuitive) 17, 34–5, 43, 71, 80–3,
133 – 4, 136
operant conditioning 10, 126;see also
superstitious conditioning
oral transmission 2, 22, 66, 70–1, 74, 76, 83–7,
186, 214
out-of-body experience (OBE) 158, 161,
163 – 4
parhedros 130–1, 135, 139– 40
parietal lobe 56–7, 148–50, 158, 162
Passover meal (Jewish) 90
patient
of ritual 16, 114–16, 210
as thematic role 114
see alsoritual, special-patient
Paul (apostle) 44–5, 58, 71–2, 77, 89–90,
94 – 103, 108–13, 117, 119–20, 127, 135,
138 – 42, 151–5, 171, 176–7, 182–4, 187,
190 – 1, 200, 208– 10
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