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Miguel Farias is an Associate Professor and the founding director of the Brain, Belief, & Behaviour lab at Coventry University. He is a leading expert on the science of meditation, and in the interaction between cognitive-behavioural and biological dimensions of spiritual practices and experiences, with over 5000 academic citations. He holds a doctorate in experimental psychology from Oxford University (2000-2004), and an MA in the study of religion at the University of Wales (2005). He was a postdoctoral researcher at Cambridge University and Oxford University (2005-2007) and a Lecturer in the Department of Experimental Psychology at Oxford University (2008-2013). He has been principal investigator or co-principal investigator in 17 research grants, totalling more than six million pounds, and his work has been reported across international newspaper and magazines, radio and tv documentaries. He has written for New Scientist, Spectator, and the BBC. His book The Buddha Pill: Can Meditation Change You?, with Catherine Wikholm, has been translated into various languages. In 2017 he won the William Bier award, given by the American Psychological Association, Division 36, for his contributions to the psychological study of spirituality. He is on the editorial board of various journals, including Scientific Reports and Psychological Science.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Miguel Farias

Citation names

  • Farias, Miguel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1B15-979A-A9A5
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5925-795X

Email addresses

  • miguel.farias@coventry.ac.uk (Personal)

Websites

  • miguelfarias.co.uk (Scholar)
Education
Degree Classification
2004/10/01 - 2005/08/31
Concluded
 Study of Religious Experience (Master)
Major in Religious Studies
University of Wales Trinity Saint David - Lampeter Campus, United Kingdom
"Alberto Caeiro and the Astonishing Reality of Things" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Distinction
2000/10/01 - 2004/12/15
Concluded
 DPhil Experimental Psychology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Experimental Psychology
University of Oxford Department of Experimental Psychology, United Kingdom
"A Psychological Study of New Age Practices and Beliefs" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 N/A
1993/09/01 - 1998/07/30
Concluded
 Psicologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Psicoterapia Cognitiva-Comportamental
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2005/04/01 - 2008/08/31 Postdoc (Research) University of Oxford Humanities Division, United Kingdom
University of Oxford Humanities Division, United Kingdom

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2014/07/01 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) Coventry University, United Kingdom
2008/09/01 - 2013/09/30 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) University of Oxford Department of Experimental Psychology, United Kingdom
University of Oxford Department of Experimental Psychology, United Kingdom
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/06/01 - 2026/07/31 .From the Heart: Testing the efficacy of heart-centred meditation.
0595
Principal investigator
Coventry University, United Kingdom
 Templeton World Charity Foundation Inc
Ongoing
2017/01/01 - 2021/09/01 Understanding Unbelief
60624
Principal investigator
Coventry University, United Kingdom

University of Kent, United Kingdom

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

University of Oxford Department of Experimental Psychology, United Kingdom
Templeton Religion Trust
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Farias, Miguel. The Buddha Pill: Can Meditation Change You?. United Kingdom: Watkins. 2015.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Carissa A. Sharp; Jennifer Brown; Miguel Farias. "Social psychological contributions to understanding the role of religion in human relationships". 386-398. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2025.
    10.4337/9781035311804.00038
  2. Miguel Farias; David Brazier; Mansur Lalljee. "Introduction: Understanding and Studying Meditation". edited by Farias, {Miguel, 3-17. Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021.
    10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198808640.013.1
  3. Miguel Farias; Masoumeh Rahmani. "The alchemy of meditation". In Turning religion into science and science into religion, edited by Manning, { Russell Re, 152-162. Taylor and Francis, 2020.
  4. Kyle Messick; Miguel Farias. "Psychological Approaches to Leaving Religion". edited by Daniel Enstedt; G{\, 307-322. Brill Academic Publishers, 2020.
    10.1163/9789004331471_026
  5. Miguel Farias; Guy Kahane; Nicholas Shackel. "The Scientific Study of Belief and Pain Modulation". In Conceptual Problems, edited by Lucchetti, {Giancarlo, 49-67. Springer Nature, 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-21221-6_4
  6. Miguel Farias. "Inside the Spiritual Mind". In Cognitive Implications of Spiritual versus Religious Engagement, edited by Elisabeth Hense; Frans Jespers; Peter Nissen, 181-196. Brill Academic Publishers, 2014.
    10.1163/9789004260061_011
  7. Tiago Santos; Pedro Soares; Miguel H. Farias. "Lusitanian Church (Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church)". edited by {Melton, 801-802. Bloomsbury, 2010.
  8. Tiago Santos; Pedro Soares; Miguel Farias. "Portugal". edited by Melton, {J. Gordon, 1026-1028. Bloomsbury, 2010.
  9. Miguel Farias; Elisabeth Hense. "Concepts and misconceptions in the scientific study of spirituality". edited by Basia Spalek; Alia Imtoual, 163-176. Policy Press, 2008.
  10. Miguel Farias; Pehr Granqvist. "The psychology of the New Age". edited by Daren Kemp; Lewis, {James R., 123-150. Brill Academic Publishers, 2007.
Conference poster
  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.
Edited book
  1. Miguel Farias; David Brazier; Mansur Lalljee, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Meditation. Oxford University Press (OUP). 2021.
    10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198808640.001.0001
Journal article
  1. Brianne S. Moore; João P. da Silva; Miguel Farias. "Diagnosing Prolonged Grief Disorder: Cultural Challenges to the DSM-5-TR Criteria". Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-025-09940-5.
    10.1007/s11013-025-09940-5
  2. Miguel Farias. "Is it Ethically Wrong to Integrate Mindfulness into Public Health?". Mindfulness (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-024-02362-1.
    10.1007/s12671-024-02362-1
  3. Chung Fei Ng; Miguel Farias; Inti A. Brazil. "Interpersonal and individual effects of an app-based Christian and Islamic heart meditation intervention in healthy adults: protocol of a stratified randomised controlled trial". BMC Psychology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-02022-y.
    10.1186/s40359-024-02022-y
  4. Letícia Oliveira Alminhana; Vanessa Oliveira Alminhana; Miguel Farias. "Beyond psychological individualism". Sociedade e Estado 39 3 (2024): https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/11291dfd-b677-447c-9202-1719ed030aae.
    10.1590/s0102-6992-20243903e53579
  5. Valerie van Mulukom; Adam Baimel; Everton Maraldi; Miguel Farias. "Examining the relationship between metacognitive trust in thinking styles and supernatural beliefs". Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 65 2 (2024): 206-222. https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/7ab40dd0-d837-4da3-a976-8cfffcbafda8.
    10.1111/sjop.12961
  6. Sarah Jane Charles; Valerie van Mulukom; Ambikananda Saraswati; Fraser Watts; Robin Dunbar; Miguel Farias. "Bending and bonding: a randomized controlled trial on the socio-psychobiological effects of spiritual versus secular yoga practice on social bonding". Current Psychology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-04062-2.
    10.1007/s12144-022-04062-2
  7. Claire White; Miguel Farias. "Past Life Meditation Decreases Existential Death Anxiety and Increases Meaning in Life among Individuals Who Believe in the Paranormal". Journal of Cognition and Culture 23 3-4 (2023): 338-356. https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/6766dd59-eb68-47b8-bce3-7047b823b5d1.
    10.1163/15685373-12340166
  8. Kyle J. Messick; Jonathan Jong; Valerie van Mulukom; Miguel Farias. "The Nontheistic Sacred". The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 33 3 (2023): 198-213. https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/09a90f00-24ba-4e61-bc26-8a086916adc3.
    10.1080/10508619.2023.2196898
  9. Suzanne Hoogeveen; Alexandra Sarafoglou; Balazs Aczel; Yonathan Aditya; Alexandra J. Alayan; Peter J. Allen; Sacha Altay; et al. "A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being". Religion, Brain and Behavior 13 3 (2023): 237-283. https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/6296e911-39a6-4386-b095-93280cd5d275.
    10.1080/2153599X.2022.2070255
  10. Masoumeh Rahmani; Valerie van Mulukom; Miguel Farias. "Believing in the Powers of Mindfulness". Mindfulness 14 7 (2023): 1689-1704. https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/bfbb9847-f8fa-4835-a367-db5af98f493b.
    10.1007/s12671-023-02164-x
  11. Everton de Oliveira Maraldi; Adriano Costa; Alexandre Cunha; Edson Hamazaki; Douglas Flores; Gregório Pereira de Queiroz; Jeverson Reichow; et al. "Social Support, Help-Seeking Behaviors, and Positive/Negative Affect Among Individuals Reporting Mediumship Experiences". International Journal of Latin American Religions 7 1 (2023): 1-16. https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/6c73e482-b0f2-4e92-b88b-25fc1b3ef974.
    10.1007/s41603-023-00197-7
  12. Jennifer E. Brown; Valerie van Mulukom; Sarah J. Charles; Miguel Farias. "Do you need religion to enjoy the benefits of Church services? Social bonding, morality and quality of life among religious and secular congregations.". Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (2023): https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000447.
    10.1037/rel0000447
  13. Ivana Buric; Miguel Farias; Stoyan Kurtev; Valerie van Mulukom; Christopher Mee; Lloyd Gould; Sabeela Rehman; Barbara Parker; Inti A. Brazil. "Feasibility and preliminary outcomes of intensive mindfulness and yoga on prisoners with personality disorders". Brain Behavior and Immunity Integrative 2 (2023): https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/0ba8456f-369a-4d32-8357-93e09beca61e.
    10.1016/j.bbii.2023.100009
  14. Valerie van Mulukom; Hugh Turpin; Roosa Haimila; Benjamin Grant Purzycki; Theiss Bendixen; Eva Kundtová Klocová; Dan Reznícek; et al. "What Do Nonreligious Nonbelievers Believe in?". Psychology of Religion and Spirituality 15 1 (2023): 143-156. https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/04243071-2d85-458d-a46c-bc6750df1e51.
    10.1037/rel0000480
  15. Miguel Farias. "DEBATE: The inevitable decline of mindfulness". Child and Adolescent Mental Health (2022): https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12600.
    10.1111/camh.12600
  16. Ivana Buric; Miguel Farias; Josi M. A. Driessen; Inti A. Brazil. "Individual differences in meditation interventions: A meta-analytic study". British Journal of Health Psychology 27 3 (2022): 1043-1076. https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/7264a1b6-5019-4932-97f6-52bb15554144.
    10.1111/bjhp.12589
  17. Jennifer Brown; Valerie van Mulukom; Jonathan Jong; Fraser Watts; Miguel Farias. "Exploring the Relationship Between Church Worship, Social Bonding, and Moral Values". Archive for the Psychology of Religion 44 1 (2022): 3-22. https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/a815e8bc-f13e-4cc4-9dda-ba92a9b91ab5.
    10.1177/00846724211070858
  18. Roma Delmonte; Miguel Farias; Marco Aurélio V. Bastos Júnior; Leandro Madeira; Beatriz Sonego. "The mind possessed: well-being, personality, and cognitive characteristics of individuals regularly experiencing religious possession". Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry (2022): https://doi.org/10.47626/1516-4446-2021-2414.
    10.47626/1516-4446-2021-2414
  19. Valerie van Mulukom; Barbara Muzzulini; Bastiaan T Rutjens; Caspar J van Lissa; Miguel Farias. "The psychological impact of threat and lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic: exacerbating factors and mitigating actions". Translational Behavioral Medicine (2021): https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibab072.
    10.1093/tbm/ibab072
  20. Kaili Clackson; Nadya Pohran; Riccardo M Galli; Laura Labno; Miguel Farias; Tristan A Bekinschtein; Valdas Noreika. "Cambridge Psycholinguistic Inventory of Christian Beliefs". Behavior Research Methods 54 (2021): 457-474. https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/884a33f8-d0c0-4509-a4e0-0033dc759e1d.
    10.3758/s13428-021-01632-3
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. Kenan Sevinç; Thomas J. Coleman; Miguel Farias. "Exploring Perceptions of Religion and Science among Turkish Academics". Studia Humana 10 4 (2014): 18-35. https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/6bdaeaf2-b3c1-4627-9bc3-5805549458f2.
    10.2478/sh-2021-0021
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. 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
  55. 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
  56. 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
Preprint
  1. Roosa Haimila; Tiina A M Parkkinen; Eva Kundtová Klocová; Everton de Oliveira Maraldi; Hugh Turpin; Miguel Farias; Valerie van Mulukom. "Understanding the morality of unbelievers: Secular beliefs about right and wrong in ten countries". 2025. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/hk4w5_v2.
    10.31234/osf.io/hk4w5_v2
  2. Roosa Haimila; Tiina A M Parkkinen; Eva Kundtová Klocová; Everton de Oliveira Maraldi; Hugh Turpin; Miguel Farias; Valerie van Mulukom. "Understanding the morality of unbelievers: Secular beliefs about right and wrong in ten countries". 2025. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/hk4w5_v1.
    10.31234/osf.io/hk4w5_v1
  3. Valerie van Mulukom; Robert Clark; Alexandria Eikelbook; David Newheiser; Miguel Farias. "Blurring of self-other boundaries is associated with awe and social bonding in an art ritual performance". 2025. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/6atkp_v1.
    10.31234/osf.io/6atkp_v1
  4. Kyle J. Messick; Jonathan Jong; Valerie van Mulukom; Miguel Farias. "The Nontheistic Sacred: The Psychological Functions of Metal Music and Artefacts". 2022. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/nxwqm.
    10.31219/osf.io/nxwqm
  5. Valerie van Mulukom; Adam Baimel; Everton de Oliveira Maraldi; Thomas Joseph Coleman, III; Miguel Farias. "Examining the relationship between metacognitive trust in thinking styles and supernatural beliefs". 2021. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/nsp2h.
    10.31234/osf.io/nsp2h
  6. Valerie van Mulukom; Armin W. Geertz; Robert Clark; Miguel Farias. "Art performances and religious rituals: How transformative experiences can foster knowledge". 2021. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7y6w8.
    10.31234/osf.io/7y6w8
  7. Sarah Jane Charles; Miguel Farias; R. I. M. Dunbar. "The aetiology of social deficits within mental health disorders: The role of the immune system and endogenous opioids". 2019. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/5r6nz.
    10.31234/osf.io/5r6nz
  8. Miguel Farias; Thomas Joseph Coleman, III; James Edward Bartlett. "Atheists on the Santiago Way: Examining Motivations to go on Pilgrimage". 2018. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/a7gxn.
    10.31234/osf.io/a7gxn

Other

Other output
  1. Invisible humans and their gods. 2023. Pablo Albernaz; Miguel Farias. https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/4f01f96c-e082-4952-bd43-333435f22760.
    10.1080/2153599X.2022.2050792
  2. 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
  3. Nonreligion, Atheism, & Mental Health. 2020. Miguel Farias; Thomas Joseph Coleman, III. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/gh7rw.
    10.31234/osf.io/gh7rw
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. Religious Rituals Increase Social Bonding and Pain Threshold. 2020. Sarah Jane Charles; Valerie van Mulukom; Miguel Farias; Jennifer Brown; Romara Delmonte; Everton de Oliveira Maraldi; Leon Turner; et al. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/my4hs.
    10.31234/osf.io/my4hs
  8. 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
Distinctions

Award

2017 William Bier Award
American Psychological Association, United States