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But modern science means many people who would not previously have survived are making it to adulthood.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/21/atheists-likely-left-handed-study-finds/ Atheists are more likely to be left handed, study finds], ''The Telegraph'', 2017</ref>}}

But modern science means many people who would not previously have survived are making it to adulthood.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/21/atheists-likely-left-handed-study-finds/ Atheists are more likely to be left handed, study finds], ''The Telegraph'', 2017</ref>}}

In 2011, the University of Boston published a study on the correlation between [[atheism]] and high-functioning/mild [[autism]].<ref>[http://csjarchive.cogsci.rpi.edu/proceedings/2011/papers/0782/paper0782.pdf Religious Belief Systems of Persons with High Functioning Autism], Catherine Caldwell-Harris, Caitlin Fox Murphy and Tessa Velazquez at the Department of Psychology - Boston University);  Patrick McNamara (Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine) </ref><ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2039690/Atheism-autism-Controversial-new-study-points-link-two.html Is atheism linked to autism? Controversial study points to  relationship between the two], ''Daily Mail'', 20 September 2011</ref>  

In 2011, the University of Boston published a study on the correlation between [[atheism]] and high-functioning/mild [[autism]].<ref>[http://csjarchive.cogsci.rpi.edu/proceedings/2011/papers/0782/paper0782.pdf Religious Belief Systems of Persons with High Functioning Autism], Catherine Caldwell-Harris, Caitlin Fox Murphy and Tessa Velazquez at the Department of Psychology - Boston University);  Patrick McNamara (Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine) </ref><ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2039690/Atheism-autism-Controversial-new-study-points-link-two.html Is atheism linked to autism? Controversial study points to  relationship between the two], ''Daily Mail'', 20 September 2011</ref> See also: [[Atheism and autism]]

On September 19, 2011, the ''Discover Magazine'' website had an article indicating that there were empirical results showing a positive correlation between atheism and high functioning [[autism]] and the article declared:

On September 19, 2011, the ''Discover Magazine'' website had an article indicating that there were empirical results showing a positive correlation between atheism and high functioning [[autism]] and the article declared:

...some people were angry that I seemed to suggest that atheists were antisocial weirdos. Well, [http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/08/religiosity-and-personality-how-are.php there is some data to back that up].<ref>[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/09/what-atheism-and-autism-may-have-in-common/ What atheism and autism may have in common] By Razib Khan, September 19, 2011]</ref>}}

...some people were angry that I seemed to suggest that atheists were antisocial weirdos. Well, [http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/08/religiosity-and-personality-how-are.php there is some data to back that up].<ref>[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/09/what-atheism-and-autism-may-have-in-common/ What atheism and autism may have in common] By Razib Khan, September 19, 2011]</ref>}}

The abstract for the 2017 journal article ''The Mutant Says in His Heart, “There Is No [[God]]”: the Rejection of Collective Religiosity Centred Around the Worship of Moral Gods Is Associated with High Mutational Load'' which was published in the journal ''[[Evolution]]ary [[Psychology|Psychological]] Science'' indicates:

The abstract for the 2017 journal article ''The Mutant Says in His Heart, “There Is No [[God]]”: the Rejection of Collective Religiosity Centred Around the Worship of Moral Gods Is Associated with High Mutational Load'' which was published in the journal ''[[Evolution]]ary [[Psychology|Psychological]] Science'' indicates: