{"id":845,"date":"2026-04-29T10:07:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/?page_id=845"},"modified":"2026-09-01T10:16:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T09:16:03","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/pt\/publicacoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Publica\u00e7\u00f5es"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-bc18b00a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"782\" data-attachment-id=\"1035\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/pt\/publications\/research-and-publications-science-of-meditation-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-Science-of-Meditation.png?fit=1000%2C782&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,782\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Research and Publications &amp;#8211; Science of Meditation\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Miguel Farias The Science of Meditation&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-Science-of-Meditation.png?fit=1000%2C782&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-Science-of-Meditation.png?resize=1000%2C782&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Science of Meditation, by Miguel Farias\" class=\"wp-image-1035\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-Science-of-Meditation.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-Science-of-Meditation.png?resize=300%2C235&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-Science-of-Meditation.png?resize=768%2C601&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1848d3e5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-1\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\"><strong>Ci\u00eancia da Medita\u00e7\u00e3o<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\">Ao longo dos \u00faltimos 15 anos, grande parte do meu trabalho tem sido dedicada a compreender a ci\u00eancia, a hist\u00f3ria e a filosofia das pr\u00e1ticas meditativas. Este aprofundamento come\u00e7ou com um estudo no Reino Unido sobre os efeitos da medita\u00e7\u00e3o e do ioga em reclusos, em colabora\u00e7\u00e3o com a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theppt.org.uk\/\">Prison Phoenix Trust<\/a>. Quando os <a href=\"https:\/\/theppt.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2013-Journal-of-Psychiatric-Research-Bilderbeck-Farias-et-al.pdf\">resultados da investiga\u00e7\u00e3o<\/a> foram anunciados publicamente numa palestra no St John\u2019s College, em Oxford, o ator Jeremy Irons estava na audi\u00eancia (como patrono da Prison Phoenix Trust).<br><br>Na sequ\u00eancia desse trabalho, escrevi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Buddha-Pill-Can-Meditation-Change\/dp\/1780287186\"><strong><em>The Buddha Pill<\/em><\/strong><\/a>com a psic\u00f3loga cl\u00ednica Catherine Wikholm, obra que foi traduzida para v\u00e1rias l\u00ednguas, como o <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.nl\/-\/en\/Boeddha-pil-Verbetert-meditatie-leven\/dp\/9024402093\/ref=sr_1_3?crid=LFKD3PT7H07Z&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.PksXlVh-BBZln43df4-ayRZjpakcNsryKoCkwZTiFALG4WYAlo0EVUSnYl1VSwdXhljc4nPk6UUF5F0kiY8g7skcr5_ciUtgde4HgiXrsFlyjJs7WbNuX8y4XvJBAAytjFor0VRvQN0iOtzB4SnN_Z8gb34079TLMMi08UU1n6cKrBP_sLoc6mEi6bZttuikVF2_YR3ks8LdfWp1SClt2WZYgZPsV0AFbvH1XojJ2tDYRr7lsIjLUZiBlcwq7ldqIjOfFzNO2qsNorxAEk4mZqxJpTmR7CSDpPH-CfBiFdI.YnGyYhFkWAGWa4SY82vbh63LxTO1PuyuFXeGWnx9GME&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=buddha+pill&amp;qid=1776344277&amp;sprefix=buddha+pill%2Caps%2C136&amp;sr=8-3\">neerland\u00eas<\/a>, e <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bertrand.pt\/livro\/como-a-meditacao-pode-ou-nao-mudar-a-sua-vida-miguel-farias\/16747137\">portugu\u00eas<\/a>. Algumas ideias deste livro foram aprofundadas posteriormente numa s\u00e9rie de artigos acad\u00e9micos sobre os <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-018-20299-z\">efeitos pr\u00f3-sociais da medita\u00e7\u00e3o<\/a>, os <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/immunology\/articles\/10.3389\/fimmu.2017.00670\/full\">mecanismos de express\u00e3o gen\u00e9tica<\/a>associados \u00e0 medita\u00e7\u00e3o, e as diferentes formas <a href=\"https:\/\/bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/bjhp.12589\">como as pessoas podem reagir<\/a> \u00e0 pr\u00e1tica meditativa.<br><br>Ao longo do projeto, tornei-me cada vez mais consciente das confus\u00f5es e dos erros frequentes na forma como compreendemos a medita\u00e7\u00e3o e, em colabora\u00e7\u00e3o com David Brazier e Mansur Lalljee, editei <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/edited-volume\/40700\"><em>The Oxford Handbook of Meditation,<\/em><\/a> um livro que re\u00fane contributos de mais de 40 especialistas e explora a ci\u00eancia, a hist\u00f3ria, a filosofia, a antropologia e as aplica\u00e7\u00f5es cl\u00ednicas da medita\u00e7\u00e3o. Dou regularmente palestras e entrevistas sobre o meu trabalho nesta \u00e1rea.<br><br>Algumas das entrevistas de que mais gosto s\u00e3o di\u00e1logos abertos e estimulantes com outros autores e investigadores na \u00e1rea da medita\u00e7\u00e3o, como <a href=\"https:\/\/blackberyl.substack.com\/p\/meditation-side-effects-and-other-5f7\">Pierce Salguero<\/a> e <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t2gKr2r7d7k\">Ron Purser<\/a>.<br><br>Escrevi tamb\u00e9m coment\u00e1rios cr\u00edticos sobre v\u00e1rios aspetos da ci\u00eancia da medita\u00e7\u00e3o, como a sua utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o com <a href=\"https:\/\/acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/camh.12600\">crian\u00e7as<\/a> e as quest\u00f5es \u00e9ticas relacionadas com a sua <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s12671-024-02362-1\">adapta\u00e7\u00e3o cultural<\/a>. 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Evidence, limitations and controversies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-34 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\">The Lancet Psychiatry, vol 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-35 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#6c8979;font-family:nunito\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/lancet-psychiatry-2016.pdf\">Ler artigo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-36 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c\"><strong>Has the science of mindfulness lost its mind?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-37 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\">British Journal of Psychiatry Bulletin, vol 40<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-38 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#6c8979;font-family:nunito\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/has-the-science-of-mindfulness-lost-its-mind.pdf\">Ler artigo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3bbe558d wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-39 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c\"><strong>From exaggeration to silence in health-related science news and academic press releases: A mindful bias?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-40 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\">British Medical Journal, vol 350<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-41 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#6c8979;font-family:nunito\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2_mindful_bias.pdf\">Ler artigo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-42 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c\"><strong>Preliminary evidence that yoga practice progressively improves mood and decreases stress in a sample of UK prisoners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-43 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\">Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-44 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#6c8979;font-family:nunito\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/preliminary-evidence-that-yoga-practice-progressively-improvesmood-and-decreases-stress-in-a-sample-of-uk-prisoners.pdf\">Ler artigo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-45 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c\"><strong>Participation in a 10-week course of yoga improves behavioural control and decreases psychological distress in a prison population<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-46 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\">Journal of Psychiatric Research, vol 47<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-47 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#6c8979;font-family:nunito\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/participation-in-a-10-week-course-of-yoga-improves-behavioural-control-and-decreases-psychological-distress-in-a-prison-population.pdf\">Ler artigo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-bc18b00a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"782\" data-attachment-id=\"1034\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/pt\/publications\/research-and-publications-the-mind-possessed-1-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-The-Mind-Possessed-1.png?fit=1000%2C782&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,782\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Research and Publications &amp;#8211; The Mind Possessed 1\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Miguel Farias The Mind Possessed&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-The-Mind-Possessed-1.png?fit=1000%2C782&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-The-Mind-Possessed-1.png?resize=1000%2C782&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Varieties of Possession Experiences, by Miguel Farias\" class=\"wp-image-1034\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-The-Mind-Possessed-1.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-The-Mind-Possessed-1.png?resize=300%2C235&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-The-Mind-Possessed-1.png?resize=768%2C601&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1848d3e5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-48\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\"><strong>Variedades de Experi\u00eancias de Possess\u00e3o<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-49 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\">As experi\u00eancias de possess\u00e3o espiritual s\u00e3o normalmente entendidas de forma negativa. Estar possu\u00eddo pode significar perder o controlo sobre si pr\u00f3prio ou, em algumas tradi\u00e7\u00f5es religiosas, ser dominado por uma entidade de natureza maligna. Mas nem sempre \u00e9 assim. Em muitos contextos, a possess\u00e3o \u00e9 entendida como uma experi\u00eancia positiva, em que a pessoa se torna um canal para diferentes agentes espirituais, como antepassados, divindades da natureza, seres divinos ou o Esp\u00edrito Santo.<br><br>Quais s\u00e3o as caracter\u00edsticas das experi\u00eancias de possess\u00e3o? Existem elementos comuns em diferentes culturas e tradi\u00e7\u00f5es espirituais na forma como essas experi\u00eancias s\u00e3o vividas e expressas? E ser\u00e1 poss\u00edvel identificar tra\u00e7os psicol\u00f3gicos espec\u00edficos nos indiv\u00edduos possu\u00eddos? Estas s\u00e3o as quest\u00f5es que foram exploradas neste projeto e que est\u00e3o ainda em aberto. Num dos estudos, analis\u00e1mos as caracter\u00edsticas cognitivas, de personalidade e mentais de indiv\u00edduos que experienciam possess\u00e3o de forma regular (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjp.org.br\/details\/2285\/en-US\/the-mind-possessed--well-being--personality--and-cognitive-characteristics-of-individuals-regularly-experiencing-religious-possession\">Mental Health and Possession<\/a>).<br><br>Recorremos tamb\u00e9m a um estudo de caso para aprofundar as dificuldades de categorizar estas experi\u00eancias \u00e0 luz da nossa compreens\u00e3o atual da <a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/possession-and-dsm-5.pdf\">doen\u00e7a mental<\/a>. Pode ler um breve resumo deste estudo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/ie\/blog\/the-science-belief\/201607\/can-possession-be-good-thing\">aqui<\/a>.<br><br><strong>Produzimos ainda um pequeno v\u00eddeo sobre este projeto, com imagens dos rituais afro-brasileiros a partir dos quais recolhemos dados<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/430303432\">Ver video e saber mais<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Artigos Relacionados<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-706d7d43 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-50 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c\"><strong>Social Support, Help-Seeking Behaviors, and Positive\/Negative Affect Among Individuals Reporting Mediumship Experiences<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-51 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\">International Journal of Latin American Religions, vol 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-52 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#6c8979;font-family:nunito\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s41603-023-00197-7\">Ler artigo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-53 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c\"><strong>The mind possessed: well-being, personality, and cognitive characteristics of individuals regularly experiencing religious possession<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-54 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\">Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, vol 44<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-55 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#6c8979;font-family:nunito\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-mind-possessed-well-being-personality-and-cognitive-characteristics-of-individuals-regularly-experiencing-religious-possession.pdf\">Ler artigo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-56 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c\"><strong>Can DSM 5 differentiate between non-pathological possession and dissociative identity disorder? A case study from an Afro-Brazilian religion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-57 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\">Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, vol 17(3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-58 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#6c8979;font-family:nunito\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/possession-and-dsm-5.pdf\">Ler artigo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-bc18b00a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"782\" data-attachment-id=\"1036\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/pt\/publications\/research-and-publications-the-psychology-of-atheism-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-The-psychology-of-atheism-2.png?fit=1000%2C782&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,782\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Research and Publications &amp;#8211; The psychology of atheism 2\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Miguel Farias The psychology of atheism&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-The-psychology-of-atheism-2.png?fit=1000%2C782&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-The-psychology-of-atheism-2.png?resize=1000%2C782&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Psychology of Atheism, by Miguel Farias\" class=\"wp-image-1036\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-The-psychology-of-atheism-2.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-The-psychology-of-atheism-2.png?resize=300%2C235&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-The-psychology-of-atheism-2.png?resize=768%2C601&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fotografia de Padre da Igreja Positivista em Porto Alegre, da autoria de Aubrey Wade.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1848d3e5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-62\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\"><strong>Psicologia do Ate\u00edsmo<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-63 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\">Foi gra\u00e7as ao meu orientador de doutoramento em Oxford, o Professor Mansur Lalljee, que comecei a trabalhar na psicologia do ate\u00edsmo no in\u00edcio da minha carreira acad\u00e9mica. Como o foco do meu DPhil era a psicologia da espiritualidade alternativa, disse-me que precisava de um grupo de compara\u00e7\u00e3o composto por 'pessoas normais'. <em>'E quem seriam essas pessoas?'<\/em>, perguntei. 'Ateus, claro!'\u00a0\u00a0<br><br>Para al\u00e9m do Professor Lalljee, devo muito ao escritor Fernando Pessoa pelas suas reflex\u00f5es sobre o ate\u00edsmo no in\u00edcio do <em>Livro do Desassossego<\/em>: <em>'Nasci em um tempo em que a maioria dos jovens haviam perdido a cren\u00e7a em Deus, pela mesma raz\u00e3o que os seus maiores a haviam tido \u2014 sem saber porqu\u00ea'. <\/em>As ideias de Pessoa levaram-me a desenvolver a <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0022103113001042\">Escala da Cren\u00e7a na Ci\u00eancia<\/a><\/em> e a <em><a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the_psychology_of_atheism_2013_in_the_ox.pdf\">Hip\u00f3tese de Substitui\u00e7\u00e3o de Cren\u00e7as<\/a><\/em>.<br><br>Resumi parte da investiga\u00e7\u00e3o sobre a psicologia do ate\u00edsmo e as minhas pr\u00f3prias perspetivas no cap\u00edtulo\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/5480080\/The_Psychology_of_Atheism_2013_._In_The_Oxford_Handbook_of_Atheism_edited_by_S._Bullivant_and_M._Ruse_pp._468-482_._Oxford_University_Press\">The Psychology of Atheism.<\/a>Neste trabalho, sugiro que muitas pessoas n\u00e3o religiosas encontram noutras cren\u00e7as formas de responder a necessidades semelhantes \u00e0s que a religi\u00e3o tradicionalmente satisfaz, como a procura de significado ou a gest\u00e3o da ansiedade. Em colabora\u00e7\u00e3o com a antrop\u00f3loga Sara Rahmani, explorei tamb\u00e9m a forma como alguns ateus se sentem atra\u00eddos pela cren\u00e7a nos poderes da <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s12671-023-02164-x\">medita\u00e7\u00e3o mindfulness.<\/a>Outro tema que investiguei foi o papel das narrativas cient\u00edficas e a sua capacidade ou incapacidade de ajudar a <a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/belief-in-god-and-science-on-acute-stress.pdf\">aliviar o stress agudo<\/a>.<br><br>Em conjunto com uma vasta equipa interdisciplinar, realiz\u00e1mos um inqu\u00e9rito internacional de grande dimens\u00e3o sobre as cren\u00e7as dos ateus (<a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/reports\/\">Understanding Unbelief<\/a>). No \u00e2mbito deste trabalho, produzimos tamb\u00e9m, em colabora\u00e7\u00e3o com a cineasta Ariane Porto, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9pDKyVDgJvA\">um document\u00e1rio sobre o ate\u00edsmo no Brasil<\/a>, que inclui imagens da \u00faltima Igreja Positivista ativa no mundo, fundada originalmente no s\u00e9culo XIX por Auguste Comte.<br><br>Por fim, para quem est\u00e1 interessado em peregrina\u00e7\u00f5es, tamb\u00e9m investiguei sobre ateus e agn\u00f3sticos que percorrem o <a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/atheists-on-the-santiago-way.pdf\">Caminho de Santiago<\/a>, no norte de Espanha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9pDKyVDgJvA\">Ver document\u00e1rio e saber mais<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Artigos Relacionados<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-706d7d43 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-64 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c\"><strong>What do nonreligious nonbelievers believe in? Secular worldviews around the world<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-65 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\">Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, vol 15(1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-66 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#6c8979;font-family:nunito\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Frel0000480\">Ler artigo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-67 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c\"><strong>Nonreligion, atheism, and mental health<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-68 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\"><em>Spirituality and Mental Health Across Cultures: Evidence-Based Implications for Clinical Practice<\/em>, Oxford University Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-69 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#6c8979;font-family:nunito\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/record\/2021-98201-015\">Ler artigo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-70 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c\"><strong>Atheists on the Santiago Way: Examining motivations to go on pilgrimage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-71 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\">Sociology of Religion, vol 80<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-72 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#6c8979;font-family:nunito\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/socrel\/article-abstract\/80\/1\/28\/5036084?redirectedFrom=PDF\">Ler artigo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: false, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-2&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading has-icon has-icon-right\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-2-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" id=\"accordion-item-2\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">Ler todos os artigos relacionados<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-2\" data-wp-bind--hidden=\"state.isHidden\" data-wp-on--beforematch=\"actions.handleBeforeMatch\" id=\"accordion-item-2-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-706d7d43 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-73 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c\"><strong>Rise of pilgrims on the <em>camino <\/em>to Santiago: Sign of change or religious revival?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-74 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\">Review of Religious Research, vol 56<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-75 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#6c8979;font-family:nunito\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1007\/s13644-013-0131-4\">Ler artigo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-76 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c\"><strong>The psychology of atheism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-77 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\"><em>The Oxford Handbook of Atheism<\/em>, Oxford University Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-Neuroscience-of-Belief.png?resize=768%2C601&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1848d3e5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-82\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\"><strong>Neuroci\u00eancia da Religi\u00e3o<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-83 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\">O que acontece no c\u00e9rebro quando pensamos em ideias espirituais? E que \u00e1reas do c\u00e9rebro s\u00e3o mais ativadas quando meditamos sobre uma imagem religiosa enquanto sentimos dor?&nbsp;<br><br>Tradi\u00e7\u00f5es religiosas em todo o mundo \u2014 de faquires indianos deitados sobre camas de pregos at\u00e9 ao mart\u00edrio silencioso de santos crist\u00e3os \u2014 sugerem que a f\u00e9 ou determinadas t\u00e9cnicas espirituais podem aliviar a dor ou reduzir a sensibilidade \u00e0 mesma. Em conjunto com especialistas em dor, neurocientistas e fil\u00f3sofos, conduzi um projeto de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o para testar os efeitos da cren\u00e7a religiosa na atenua\u00e7\u00e3o da dor (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/3419722\/An_fMRI_study_measuring_analgesia_enhanced_by_religion_as_a_belief_system_2008_\">um estudo de fMRI que mede a analgesia potenciada pela religi\u00e3o enquanto sistema de cren\u00e7as<\/a>).<br><br>Os resultados mostraram que a cren\u00e7a pode, de facto, aliviar a dor, sobretudo atrav\u00e9s de um processo de reavalia\u00e7\u00e3o (ou seja, ao enquadrar a dor num contexto com significado para a pessoa). Pode ler mais sobre este projeto em <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/andrewbrown\/2008\/oct\/01\/religion.humanbehaviour\">The Guardian<\/a> ou no <a href=\"https:\/\/iskconnews.org\/ru\/why-faith-in-god-really-can-relieve-pain\/#\">Sunday Daily Mail<\/a>.<br><br>Desenvolvi tamb\u00e9m um trabalho de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o adicional sobre dor e religi\u00e3o no local de peregrina\u00e7\u00e3o do Santu\u00e1rio de Lourdes, para o qual produzimos um <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/38696570\">v\u00eddeo<\/a>. Pode ler mais sobre este projeto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/12168609\/The_healing_response_in_Lourdes\">aqui<\/a>.<br><br>Ao longo dos \u00faltimos 15 anos, alguns psic\u00f3logos e neurocientistas sugeriram que as ideias espirituais resultam sobretudo de processos mentais mais intuitivos e menos racionais. Para testar esta hip\u00f3tese, realiz\u00e1mos v\u00e1rias experi\u00eancias, incluindo estudos com estimula\u00e7\u00e3o cerebral, e <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-017-14090-9\">n\u00e3o encontr\u00e1mos evid\u00eancias<\/a> de que ideias espirituais ou pessoas religiosas recorram mais \u00e0 intui\u00e7\u00e3o do que \u00e0 raz\u00e3o.<br><br>Nas \u00faltimas duas d\u00e9cadas, a ci\u00eancia do ju\u00edzo moral e a forma como o c\u00e9rebro processa decis\u00f5es morais tem atra\u00eddo uma grande aten\u00e7\u00e3o. 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data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Miguel Farias Psychology and Modern Spirituality&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-Psychology-and-Modern-Spirituality.png?fit=1000%2C782&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-Psychology-and-Modern-Spirituality.png?resize=1000%2C782&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Psychology of Modern Spirituality by Miguel Farias\" class=\"wp-image-1039\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-Psychology-and-Modern-Spirituality.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-Psychology-and-Modern-Spirituality.png?resize=300%2C235&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-Psychology-and-Modern-Spirituality.png?resize=768%2C601&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1848d3e5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-102\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\"><strong>Psicologia da Espiritualidade Moderna<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-103 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\">Grande parte da espiritualidade moderna emergiu do que anteriormente se designava por movimento <em>New Age.<\/em> Ideias como confiar em si pr\u00f3prio e explorar a realidade interior atrav\u00e9s de orienta\u00e7\u00e3o interna (ideias bastante distintas das propostas pelas tradi\u00e7\u00f5es religiosas) tornaram-se hoje comuns.<br><br>Durante o meu doutoramento em Oxford, passei muito tempo em centros New Age, sess\u00f5es de channeling e rituais pag\u00e3os. O meu objetivo inicial era investigar de que forma as pr\u00e1ticas espirituais modernas alteravam a <a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/10_holistic_individualism_2008.pdf\">cogni\u00e7\u00e3o individual.<\/a> No entanto, ao longo do tempo, fui-me interessando por outras quest\u00f5es \u2014 ser\u00e3o os <a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the_psychology_of_the_new_age_2007.pdf\">perfis de personalidade destas pessoas algo invulgares<\/a>? Ser\u00e1 que tendem a percecionar <a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11_new_age_personality_paper.pdf\">mais coincid\u00eancias entre acontecimentos da vida do que outras pessoas<\/a>? E ser\u00e1 que as pr\u00e1ticas espirituais s\u00e3o respons\u00e1veis por mudan\u00e7as nas pessoas, ou apenas refor\u00e7am <a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/unusual_but_sound_minds_mental_health_in.pdf\">disposi\u00e7\u00f5es cognitivas e tra\u00e7os de personalidade j\u00e1 existentes<\/a>?<br><br>Explorei tamb\u00e9m a forma como as nossas cren\u00e7as influenciam as hist\u00f3rias que contamos sobre os momentos mais importantes das nossas vidas, sejam elas <a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11_empowerment_in_the_new_age.pdf\">religiosas, espirituais ou ateias<\/a>.<br><br>Esta investiga\u00e7\u00e3o levou-me tamb\u00e9m a interessar-me pelas teorias da conspira\u00e7\u00e3o. H\u00e1 alguns anos, o romance <em>O C\u00f3digo Da Vinci<\/em> tornou-se um bestseller e foi adaptado ao cinema. A prop\u00f3sito do filme, vi um document\u00e1rio sobre pessoas que acreditavam nas teorias da conspira\u00e7\u00e3o apresentadas no livro <em>O C\u00f3digo Da Vinci.<\/em> Em colabora\u00e7\u00e3o com outros colegas, fizemos uma experi\u00eancia para compreender o que levava as pessoas a acreditar nessas ideias. Conclu\u00edmos que o principal fator era a <a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/8_da-vinci-code_conspiracy.pdf\">ignor\u00e2ncia hist\u00f3rica<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Artigos Relacionados<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-706d7d43 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-104 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c\"><strong>Past life meditation decreases existential death anxiety and increases meaning in life among individuals who believe in the paranormal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color 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artigo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-bc18b00a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"782\" data-attachment-id=\"1040\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/pt\/publications\/research-and-publications-psychology-of-belief\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-Psychology-of-Belief.png?fit=1000%2C782&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,782\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Research and Publications &amp;#8211; Psychology of Belief\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Miguel Farias Psychology of Belief&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-Psychology-of-Belief.png?fit=1000%2C782&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-Psychology-of-Belief.png?resize=1000%2C782&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Psychology of Belief by Miguel Farias\" class=\"wp-image-1040\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-Psychology-of-Belief.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-Psychology-of-Belief.png?resize=300%2C235&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Research-and-Publications-Psychology-of-Belief.png?resize=768%2C601&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1848d3e5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-140\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\"><strong>Psicologia da Cren\u00e7a<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-nunito-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-141 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e1f5c;font-family:nunito\">As nossas vidas s\u00e3o moldadas por cren\u00e7as, conscientes ou inconscientes. Ao longo dos anos, tenho explorado a diversidade de cren\u00e7as \u2014 religiosas, espirituais e seculares \u2014 e a forma como estas influenciam o nosso quotidiano. Parte desta investiga\u00e7\u00e3o procurou compreender como as cren\u00e7as podem ter implica\u00e7\u00f5es <a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/3_healing-in-lourdes_paper_2014.pdf\">na sa\u00fade e na cura da doen\u00e7a<\/a>, na forma <a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/belief-in-god-on-acute-stress.pdf\">como lidamos com o stress<\/a>, e na maneira <a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/grief-paper_2025.pdf\">como experienciamos o luto<\/a>.<br><br>Por outro lado, as cren\u00e7as podem tamb\u00e9m afetar-nos negativamente de v\u00e1rias maneiras. Verific\u00e1mos, por exemplo, que quando ateus atribuem um valor elevado a determinados objetos, sentem mais ansiedade ou depress\u00e3o <a href=\"https:\/\/miguelfarias.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nontheistic-sacred-the-psychological-functions-of-metal-music-and-artifacts.pdf\">quando esses objetos s\u00e3o destru\u00eddos<\/a>.<br><br>Compreender as cren\u00e7as de culturas diferentes da nossa nem sempre \u00e9 simples. 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