Do you think there is some innate feature of a person that can predispose them to certain belief patterns?

I have recently started reading various books and papers on consciousness and the nature of the human mind. Among material functionalists, there seems to be an understanding of how people can be dualists without agreeing with those views.
Personally though, I cannot empathise with a dualist point of view because despite my limited level of understanding it seems ridiculous and an unnecessary deferral of the argument similar to Panspermia in evolutionary theory.

Do you think there is some innate feature that can predispose people to certain beliefs, or make them more able to conceptually grasp certain ideas?