The
evolutionary psychology of religion is the study of
religious belief using evolutionary psychology principles. It is one approach to the
psychology of religion. As with all other organs and organ functions, the
brain and
cognition's functional structure have been argued to have a genetic basis, and are therefore subject to the effects of
natural selection and
evolution. Like other organs and tissues, this functional structure should be universally shared amongst humans and should solve important problems of survival and reproduction. Evolutionary psychologists seek to understand cognitive processes, religion in this case, by understanding the survival and reproductive functions they might serve.