Is belief in God a delusion?
As the pandemic raged in April, churchgoers in Ohio defied warnings not to congregate. But what do psychologists have to say about strong beliefs in a god?
Robert Ross
Research Fellow in Psychology, Macquarie University
Robert Ross is a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Psychology at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Robert’s research focuses on the psychology of belief — in particular, religious belief, delusional belief and belief in misinformation. Robert holds a PhD in Cognitive Science from Macquarie University, an MSc in Psychology and a BSc/BA in Psychology and Philosophy from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and has previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Royal Holloway University of London and the University of Oxford.
