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Miguel Farias is an Associate Professor in Experimental Psychology and the founding director of the Brain, Belief, & Behaviour Lab at Coventry University. He is an expert on the interaction between cognitive-behavioural and biological aspects of spiritual beliefs and experiences, including rituals and meditation practices. He studied psychology and cognitive-behaviour therapy at the University of Lisbon, followed by a doctorate in Experimental Psychology at Oxford University (2000-2004), and an MA in the Study of Religion/Religious Experience at the University of Wales, Lampeter (2005). He was a postdoctoral researcher at Cambridge University and Oxford University (2005-2007) and a lecturer and MSc Course Director in Experimental Psychology at Oxford University (2008-2013). He has been Principal Investigator or co-Principal Investigator in 9 research grants totaling over 3 million British Pounds, and his work has been reported across international newspaper and magazines, radio, and TV documentaries. In 2017 he he won the 2017 William Bier award, given by the American Psychological Association Division 36 (Psychology of Religion and Spirituality Division) for his contributions to the scientific study of religion and spirituality.
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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Miguel Farias

Nomes de citação

  • Farias, Miguel

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
1B15-979A-A9A5
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5925-795X
Formação
Grau Classificação
2004/10/01 - 2005/08/31
Concluído
 Study of Religious Experience (Master)
Especialização em Religious Studies
University of Wales Trinity Saint David - Lampeter Campus, Reino Unido
"Alberto Caeiro and the Astonishing Reality of Things" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
 Distinction
2000/10/01 - 2004/12/15
Concluído
 DPhil Experimental Psychology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Especialização em Experimental Psychology
University of Oxford Department of Experimental Psychology, Reino Unido
"A Psychological Study of New Age Practices and Beliefs" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
 N/A
1993/09/01 - 1998/07/30
Concluído
 Psicologia (Licenciatura)
Especialização em Psicoterapia Cognitiva-Comportamental
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento 		Empregador
2005/04/01 - 2008/08/31 Pós-doutorado (Investigação) University of Oxford Humanities Division, Reino Unido
University of Oxford Humanities Division, Reino Unido

Docência no Ensino Superior

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento 		Empregador
2014/07/01 - Atual Professor Associado (Docente Universitário) Coventry University, Reino Unido
2008/09/01 - 2013/09/30 Professor Auxiliar (Docente Universitário) University of Oxford Department of Experimental Psychology, Reino Unido
University of Oxford Department of Experimental Psychology, Reino Unido
Projetos

Projeto

Designação Financiadores
2017/01/01 - 2021/09/01 Understanding Unbelief
60624
Investigador responsável
Coventry University, Reino Unido

University of Kent, Reino Unido

Queen's University Belfast Institute of Cognition and Culture, Reino Unido
John Templeton Foundation
2017/05/01 - 2021/08/31 The Mind Possessed: Mapping the Varieties of Possession Experiences
346/2016
Investigador responsável
Coventry University, Reino Unido
 Fundação Bial
Em curso
2017/04/01 - 2020/01/31 Religion and the Social Brain
Templeton Religion Trust 0153
Article
Investigador responsável
Coventry University, Reino Unido

University of Oxford Department of Experimental Psychology, Reino Unido
Templeton Religion Trust
Concluído
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista
  1. Sarah Jane Charles; Valerie van Mulukom; Jennifer Brown; Fraser Watts; Robin Dunbar; Miguel Farias. "United on Sunday: The effects of secular rituals on social bonding and affect". PLoS ONE 16 1 (2021): https://researchmanagementtest.coventry.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/united-on-sunday-the-effects-of-secular-rituals-on-social-bonding-and-affect(eb6c91ae-49d2-4a75-93c4-9bce5f9ce4c0).html.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0242546
  2. M. Farias; E. Maraldi; K. C. Wallenkampf; G. Lucchetti. "Adverse events in meditation practices and meditation-based therapies: a systematic review". Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 142 5 (2020): 374-393. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.13225.
    10.1111/acps.13225
  3. Letícia Oliveira Alminhana; Marcela Alves Sanseverino; Miguel Farias; Wagner De Lara Machado; Gordon Claridge. "A dimensional measure of schizotypy". Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy 42 4 (2020): 348-357. https://researchmanagementtest.coventry.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/a-dimensional-measure-of-schizotypy(9dc5d355-a207-4e7b-b974-1889bb93a61f).html.
    10.1590/2237-6089-2019-0013
  4. S. J. Charles; M. Farias; V. van Mulukom; A. Saraswati; S. Dein; F. Watts; R. I. M. Dunbar; et al. "Blocking mu-opioid receptors inhibits social bonding in rituals". Biology Letters 16 10 (2020): 20200485-20200485. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0485.
    10.1098/rsbl.2020.0485
  5. Everton de Oliveira Maraldi; Miguel Farias. "Assessing Implicit Spirituality in a non-WEIRD Population: Development and Validation of an Implicit Measure of New Age and Paranormal Beliefs". The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 30 2 (2020): 101-111. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2019.1661198.
    10.1080/10508619.2019.1661198
  6. Sarah J. Charles; Miguel Farias; Robin I.M. Dunbar. "The aetiology of social deficits within mental health disorders: The role of the immune system and endogenous opioids". Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health 1 (2020): 100003-100003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2019.100003.
    10.1016/j.bbih.2019.100003
  7. Miguel Farias; Thomas Joseph Coleman III; James Bartlett; Lluis Oviedo; Pedro Soares; Tiago Santos; María del Carmen Bas. "Atheists on the Santiago way". Sociology of Religion 80 1 (2019): 28–44-28–44. https://researchmanagementtest.coventry.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/atheists-on-the-santiago-way(8a0bfb8a-cf58-40de-8ba4-5d0ef5654156).html.
    10.1093/socrel/sry019
  8. Miguel Farias; Anna-Kaisa Newheiser. "The effects of belief in God and science on acute stress". Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice 6 2 (2019): 214-223. https://researchmanagementtest.coventry.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/the-effects-of-belief-in-god-and-science-on-acute-stress(d744955f-6f3b-4520-82d3-3f64b034afbb).html.
    10.1037/cns0000185
  9. Ute Kreplin; Miguel Farias; Inti A. Brazil. "The limited prosocial effects of meditation: A systematic review and meta-analysis". Scientific Reports 8 (2018): 2403-2403. https://researchmanagementtest.coventry.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/the-limited-prosocial-effects-of-meditation-a-systematic-review-and-metaanalysis(be0b5e57-eb55-470b-9e7a-c00e831a0a05).html.
    10.1038/s41598-018-20299-z
  10. Miguel Farias; Valerie van Mulukom; Guy Kahane; Ute Kreplin; Anna Joyce; Pedro Soares; Lluis Oviedo; et al. "Supernatural Belief Is Not Modulated by Intuitive Thinking Style or Cognitive Inhibition.". Scientific Reports 7 (2017): https://researchmanagementtest.coventry.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/supernatural-belief-is-not-modulated-by-intuitive-thinking-style-or-cognitive-inhibition(b64fda53-7f29-4393-9307-a069504af29f).html.
    10.1038/s41598-017-14090-9
  11. Ivana Buric; Miguel Farias; Jonathan Jong; Christopher Mee; Inti A. Brazil. "What Is the Molecular Signature of Mind-Body Interventions?". Frontiers in Immunology 8 JUN (2017): https://researchmanagementtest.coventry.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/what-is-the-molecular-signature-of-mindbody-interventions(3bd52a2d-6e41-4dbd-9725-26be4ba88cbf).html.
    10.3389/fimmu.2017.00670
  12. Letícia Oliveira Alminhana; Miguel Farias; Gordon Claridge; C. Robert Cloninger; Alexander Moreira-Almeida. "Self-Directedness Predicts Quality of Life in Individuals with Psychotic Experiences". Psychopathology 50 4 (2017): 239-245. https://researchmanagementtest.coventry.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/selfdirectedness-predicts-quality-of-life-in-individuals-with-psychotic-experiences(1613be32-1087-426c-863b-4cfe99d0f62e).html.
    10.1159/000474951
  13. Letícia Oliveira Alminhana; Miguel Farias; Gordon Claridge; Claude R. Cloninger; Alexander Moreira-Almeida. "How to tell a happy from an unhappy schizotype". Revista Braslileira de Psiquiatria 39 2 (2017): 126-132. https://researchmanagementtest.coventry.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/how-to-tell-a-happy-from-an-unhappy-schizotype(e6a96893-5ec6-466f-aab7-b242a3a2709e).html.
    10.1590/1516-4446-2016-1944
  14. Miguel Farias; C. Wikholm. "Has the science of mindfulness lost its mind?". BJPsych Bulletin 40 6 (2016): 329-332. https://researchmanagementtest.coventry.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/has-the-science-of-mindfulness-lost-its-mind(3f31ef6f-119a-42bc-9f8d-543926dd22f1).html.
    10.1192/pb.bp.116.053686
  15. E. Matechou; I. Liu; D. Fernandez; Miguel Farias; B. Gjelsvik. "Biclustering Models for Two-Mode Ordinal Data". Psychometrika 81 3 (2016): 611-624. https://researchmanagementtest.coventry.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/biclustering-models-for-twomode-ordinal-data(8a74632b-0bc4-461a-87f7-4a5e7dca9aae).html.
    10.1007/s11336-016-9503-3
  16. Inti A. Brazil; Miguel Farias. "Why would anyone want to believe in Big Gods?". Behavioral and Brain Sciences 39 (2016): 24-25. https://researchmanagementtest.coventry.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/why-would-anyone-want-to-believe-in-big-gods(ba470d96-bf5a-4ffb-ba16-24da53daa679).html.
    10.1017/S0140525X15000370
  17. Roma Delmonte; G. Lucchetti; A. Moreira-Almeida; Miguel Farias. "Can DSM-5 Differentiate between Non-Pathological Possession and Dissociative Identity Disorder? A Case Study from an Afro-Brazilian Religion". Journal of Trauma & Dissociation 17 3 (2016): 322-337. https://researchmanagementtest.coventry.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/can-dsm5-differentiate-between-nonpathological-possession-and-dissociative-identity-disorder-a-case-study-from-an-afrobrazilian-religion(cd15fcf7-0522-49d9-87cb-947a15c936e9).html.
    10.1080/15299732.2015.1103351
  18. Farias, M.. "From exaggeration to silence in health related science news and academic press releases: Mindful bias?". BMJ (Online) 350 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84921369586&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1136/bmj.h144
  19. Kahane, G.; Everett, J.A.C.; Earp, B.D.; Farias, M.; Savulescu, J.. "'Utilitarian' judgments in sacrificial moral dilemmas do not reflect impartial concern for the greater good". Cognition 134 (2015): 193-209. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84909619159&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cognition.2014.10.005
  20. Bilderbeck, A.C.; Brazil, I.A.; Farias, M.. "Preliminary evidence that yoga practice progressively improves mood and decreases stress in a sample of UK prisoners". Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84939203250&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1155/2015/819183
  21. Goldingay, S.; Dieppe, P.; Farias, M.. "'And the pain just disappeared into insignificance': The healing response in Lourdes-Performance, psychology and caring". International Review of Psychiatry 26 3 (2014): 315-323. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84903307868&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3109/09540261.2014.914472
  22. Oviedo, L.; de Courcier, S.; Farias, M.. "Rise of Pilgrims on the Camino to Santiago: Sign of Change or Religious Revival?". Review of Religious Research 56 3 (2014): 433-442. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84919911193&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s13644-013-0131-4
  23. Alminhana, L.O.; Farias, M.. "The missing link: What mediates the relationship between religiosity and alcohol use?". Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria 36 1 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84894863729&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1590/1516-4446-2014-3602
  24. Farias, M.; Newheiser, A.-K.; Kahane, G.; de Toledo, Z.. "Scientific faith: Belief in science increases in the face of stress and existential anxiety". Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 49 6 (2013): 1210-1213. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84884718894&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jesp.2013.05.008
  25. Bilderbeck, A.C.; Farias, M.; Brazil, I.A.; Jakobowitz, S.; Wikholm, C.. "Participation in a 10-week course of yoga improves behavioural control and decreases psychological distress in a prison population". Journal of Psychiatric Research 47 10 (2013): 1438-1445. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84881552388&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.06.014
  26. Farias, M.; Underwood, R.; Claridge, G.. "Unusual but sound minds: Mental health indicators in spiritual individuals". British Journal of Psychology 104 3 (2013): 364-381. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84880378005&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.2044-8295.2012.02128.x
  27. Wiech, K.; Kahane, G.; Shackel, N.; Farias, M.; Savulescu, J.; Tracey, I.. "Cold or calculating? Reduced activity in the subgenual cingulate cortex reflects decreased emotional aversion to harming in counterintuitive utilitarian judgment". Cognition 126 3 (2013): 364-372. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871828654&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cognition.2012.11.002
  28. Farias, M.; Barrett, J.. "Special Issue: New Trends in the Cognitive Science of Religion". International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 23 1 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871305250&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/10508619.2013.739070
  29. Kahane, G.; Wiech, K.; Shackel, N.; Farias, M.; Savulescu, J.; Tracey, I.. "The neural basis of intuitive and counterintuitive moral judgment". Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 7 4 (2012): 393-402. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84858044784&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/scan/nsr005
  30. Newheiser, A.-K.; Farias, M.; Tausch, N.. "The functional nature of conspiracy beliefs: Examining the underpinnings of belief in the Da Vinci Code conspiracy". Personality and Individual Differences 51 8 (2011): 1007-1011. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80053292197&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.paid.2011.08.011
  31. Howard, G.S.; Hill, T.L.; Maxwell, S.E.; Baptista, T.M.; Farias, M.H.; Coelho, C.; Coulter-Kern, M.; Coulter-Kern, R.. "What's Wrong With Research Literatures? And How to Make Them Right". Review of General Psychology 13 2 (2009): 146-166. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-66949179370&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1037/a0015319
  32. Farias, M.; Lalljee, M.. "Holistic individualism in the age of aquarius: Measuring individualism/ collectivism in new age, catholic, and atheist/agnostic groups". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 47 2 (2008): 277-289. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-44349104204&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1468-5906.2008.00407.x
  33. Wiech, K.; Farias, M.; Kahane, G.; Shackel, N.; Tiede, W.; Tracey, I.. "An fMRI study measuring analgesia enhanced by religion as a belief system". Pain 139 2 (2008): 467-476. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-53049094069&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.pain.2008.07.030
  34. Farias, M.; Lalljee, M.. "Empowerment in the new age: A motivational study of auto-biographical life stories". Journal of Contemporary Religion 21 2 (2006): 241-256. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-43249156987&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/13537900600658351
  35. Farias, M.; Claridge, G.; Lalljee, M.. "Personality and cognitive predictors of New Age practices and beliefs". Personality and Individual Differences 39 5 (2005): 979-989. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-23044489813&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.paid.2005.04.003
Capítulo de livro
  1. Miguel Farias; Elisabeth Hense. "Concepts and misconceptions in the scientific study of spirituality". editado por Basia Spalek; Alia Imtoual, 163-176. Policy Press, 2008.
  2. Miguel Farias; Pehr Granqvist. "The psychology of the New Age". editado por Daren Kemp; Lewis, {James R., 123-150. Brill Academic Publishers, 2007.
Livro
  1. Farias, Miguel. The Buddha Pill: Can Meditation Change You?. Reino Unido: Watkins. 2015.
    Publicado
Poster em conferência
  1. A. E. Eastwood; Nigel Wilson; Rebecca Jenks; Miguel Farias. "Measures of acute tolerance to the impairing effects of alcohol". 2015.
  2. James Bartlett; Rebecca Jenks; Nigel Wilson; Miguel Farias. "The Difference in Smoking Motives, Habits and Attentional Bias in Nicotine Dependent and NonDependent Smokers". 2015.

Outros

Outra produção
  1. Cambridge Psycholinguistic Inventory of Christian Beliefs: A Registered Report of Construct Validity, Internal Consistency and Test-Retest Reliability. 2020. Kaili Clackson; Nadya Pohran; Riccardo Mattia Galli; Laura Labno; Miguel Farias; Tristan Bekinschtein; Valdas Noreika. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/p28x9.
    10.31234/osf.io/p28x9
  2. Nonreligion, Atheism, & Mental Health. 2020. Miguel Farias; Thomas Joseph Coleman, III. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/gh7rw.
    10.31234/osf.io/gh7rw
  3. The Psychological Impact of Threat & Lockdown During the COVID-19 Pandemic. 2020. Valerie van Mulukom; Barbara Muzzulini; Bastiaan T Rutjens; Caspar J. Van Lissa; Miguel Farias. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/c8weq.
    10.31234/osf.io/c8weq
  4. United on Sunday: The effects of secular rituals on social bonding and affect. 2020. Sarah Jane Charles; Valerie van Mulukom; Jennifer Brown; Fraser Watts; R. I. M. Dunbar; Miguel Farias. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/phjyq.
    10.31234/osf.io/phjyq
  5. Blocking mu-opioid receptors inhibits social bonding in rituals. 2020. Sarah Jane Charles; Miguel Farias; Valerie van Mulukom; Ambikananda Saraswati; Simon Dein; Fraser Watts; R. I. M. Dunbar. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/sdrp4.
    10.31234/osf.io/sdrp4
  6. What is mindfulness-based therapy good for? Evidence, Limitations and Controversies. 2016. Miguel Farias; C. Wikholm; Romara Delmonte. https://researchmanagementtest.coventry.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/what-is-mindfulnessbased-therapy-good-for-evidence-limitations-and-controversies(63fd4c62-7662-4320-a346-af68ee3e11de).html.
    10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30211-5
Distinções

Prémio

2017 William Bier Award
American Psychological Association, Estados Unidos