Missing links: The psychology and epidemiology of shamanistic beliefs

Behav Brain Sci. 2018 Jan:41:e71. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X17002023.

Abstract

Singh provides the skeletal elements of a possible account of shamanism-like beliefs in many human societies. To be developed into a proper theory, this model needs to be supplemented at several crucial points, in terms of anthropological evidence, psychological processes, and cultural transmission.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Cultural Evolution*
  • Humans
  • Shamanism*
  • Societies