In general, most Western Christians and non-believers alike tend to associate God with “upper space” (i.e., heaven, higher power) and the devil with “lower space” (i.e., depths of hell, underground). New research published in Religion, Brain, & Behavior provides more support for these associations by demonstrating that these associations do exist and become stronger when people are reminded of their own death. “The systematic use of vertical space when expressing religious contents is not merely an artistic feature but rather reflects a strategy of knowledge representation. According to the co…