Xygalatas, Dimitris

Synchronized arousal between performers and related spectators in a fire-walking ritual

Konvalinka, I., Xygalatas, D., Bulbulia, J., Schjødt, U., Jegindø, E.-M., Wallot, S., Van Orden, G., & Roepstorff, A. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Action Observation and SynchronizationHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

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Moralistic gods, supernatural punishment and the expansion of human sociality

Purzycki, B. G., Apicella, C., Atkinson, Q. D., Cohen, E., McNamara, R. A., Willard, A. K., Xygalatas, D., Norenzayan, A., & Henrich, J. (2016) · Nature

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies

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Extreme Rituals Promote Prosociality

Xygalatas, D., Mitkidis, P., Fischer, R., Reddish, P., Skewes, J., Geertz, A. W., Roepstorff, A., & Bulbulia, J. (2013) · Psychological Science

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies

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The Psychology of Rituals: An Integrative Review and Process-Based Framework

Hobson, N. M., Schroeder, J., Risen, J. L., Xygalatas, D., & Inzlicht, M. (2018) · Personality and Social Psychology Review

Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologyDeath Anxiety and Social Exclusion

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Global evidence of extreme intuitive moral prejudice against atheists

Gervais, W. M., Xygalatas, D., McKay, R. T., van Elk, M., Buchtel, E. E., Aveyard, M., Schiavone, S. R., Dar-Nimrod, I., Svedholm-Häkkinen, A. M., Riekki, T., et al. (2017) · Nature Human Behaviour

Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentReligion and Society Interactions

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Effects of Anxiety on Spontaneous Ritualized Behavior

Lang, M., Krátký, J., Shaver, J. H., Jerotijević, D., & Xygalatas, D. (2015) · Current Biology

Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum DisordersAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

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Sync to link: Endorphin-mediated synchrony effects on cooperation

Lang, M., Bahna, V., Shaver, J. H., Reddish, P., & Xygalatas, D. (2017) · Biological Psychology

Action Observation and SynchronizationNeuroendocrine regulation and behavior

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Analytic atheism: A cross-culturally weak and fickle phenomenon?

Gervais, W. M., van Elk, M., Xygalatas, D., McKay, R. T., Aveyard, M., Buchtel, E. E., Dar-Nimrod, I., Klocová, E. K., Ramsay, J. E., Riekki, T., et al. (2018) · Judgment and Decision Making

Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologyReligion and Society Interactions

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Memory for Expectation-Violating Concepts: The Effects of Agents and Cultural Familiarity

Porubanova, M., Shaw, D. J., McKay, R., & Xygalatas, D. (2014) · PLoS ONE

Memory Processes and InfluencesCategorization, perception, and language

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Minimal-Counterintuitiveness Revisited: Effects of cultural and ontological violations on concept memorability

Porubanova-Norquist, M., Shaw, D. J., & Xygalatas, D. (2014) · Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion

Study and Philosophy of ReligionReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology

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