"participants who were primed for rational thought were less likely to express religious belief." articles: http://healthland.time.com/2012/04/27/losing-your-religion-analytic-thinking-weakens-religious-belief/ summarizing from ScienceNOW news: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/04/to-keep-the-faith-dont-get-analytical.html itself an announcement of a paper in the journal SCIENCE: "Analytic Thinking Promotes Religious Disbelief" http://sciencemag.org/content/336/6080/493