Study Finds Brain Cells and Christian Nationalism Have a Complicated, Distant Relationship...

"Lower cognitive ability is linked to stronger Christian nationalist views, even after accounting for education"

"A new study indicates that Americans with lower scores on a vocabulary test commonly used to measure cognitive ability are more likely to endorse Christian nationalist beliefs, even when accounting for their overall level of education. The findings suggest that the appeal of this political and religious ideology relates to underlying cognitive resources rather than just differences in schooling."

"One of the most consistent predictors that Americans adhere to Christian nationalism is that they have lower education," Perry told PsyPost.
"But there have also been a number of studies that find that persons who subscribe to Christian nationalist views (even after accounting for level of education) exhibit significant knowledge gaps across a variety of different domains."

"For example, people who strongly endorse the ideology tend to score poorly on tests about American history or scientific knowledge, Perry noted."
"They are also more likely to hold factually incorrect beliefs about vaccines," he said. "And related to that last point, they are also more likely to affirm ridiculous conspiracy theories related to COVID-19, January 6th, or QAnon."

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