Dimitris Xygalatas
Associate Professor & Director/Anthropology

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Scholarly Contributions

169 Scholarly Contributions

94
Journal Articles
30
Poster/Presentations
22
Book Chapters
13
Other Scholarly Works
6
Books
3
Digital and Electronic Media, Social Media, Blog, Podcast, Magazine/Trade Publications
1
Conference Proceedings
Studying religion, past and present: essays in honor of Panayotis Pachis
2024
N. Roubekas, D. Xygalatas, D. Wiebe, L. Martin
Research Type: Book

Studying the religious mind: Methodology in the cognitive science of religion
2022
Armin W Geertz, Kristoffer Laigaard Nielbo, Esther Eidinow, Dimitris Xygalatas, Leonardo Ambasciano, Nickolas P Roubekas, Valerie van Mulukom, Luther H Martin
Research Type: Book

Sync to link: Endorphin-mediated synchrony effects on cooperation
2017
Martin Lang, Dimitris Xygalatas, Paul Reddish, Vladimír Bahna, John Shaver
Research Type: Journal Article

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.06.001
Synchronized arousal between performers and related spectators in a fire-walking ritual
2011
Else-Marie Jegindo, Orden, Guy Van, Ivana Konvalinka, Uffe Schjodt, Andreas Roepstorff, Sebastian Wallot, Dimitris Xygalatas, Joseph Bulbulia
Research Type: Journal Article

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2006
Harvey Whitehouse
Research Type: Other Scholarly Work

The Burning Saints: Cognition and Culture in the Fire-walking Rituals of the Anastenaria
2012
Dimitris Xygalatas
Research Type: Book

The Einstein effect provides global evidence for scientific source credibility effects and the influence of religiosity
2022
Robin Wuyts, Michiel van Elk, Christopher Kavanagh, Renatas Berniūnas, Filip Uzarevic, Will Gervais, Jonathan Ramsay, Dimitris Xygalatas, Kristin Hagel, Claudio Gentili, Theiss Bendixen, Joseph Bulbulia, Hugh Turpin, Bastiaan Rutjens, Neil Levy, André Rabelo, Sacha Altay, Suzanne Hoogeveen, Julia Haaf, Arik Cheshin, Ryan McKay, Raluca Georgescu, Alejandra Neely, Robert Ross, Lin Qiu
Research Type: Journal Article

https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01273-8
The Evolution of Religion
2013
Richard H Sosis
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

The Experimental Research of Religion
2013
Dimitris Xygalatas
Research Type: Journal Article

The Fire-Walker’s High: Affect and physiological responses in an extreme collective ritual
2014
Joseph Bulbulia, Ronald Fischer, Dimitris Xygalatas, Paul Reddish, Panagiotis Mitkidis, Penny Tok, Ivana Konvalinka
Research Type: Journal Article

The Flying Spaghetti Monster and Religious Fundamentalism
2007
Dimitris Xygalatas
Research Type: Book Chapter

The Impact of Authority on Cooperation: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Systemic Trust
2015
Panagiotis Mitkidis, Michaela Porubanova, Dimitris Xygalatas, Pierre Lienard, Nicholas Buttrick
Research Type: Journal Article

The Perennial Power of Ritual
2016
D. Xygalatas
Research Type: Journal Article

The Perspective On Religion: Is It Good Or Bad For Society?
2018
D. Xygalatas
Research Type: Journal Article

The Power of Ritual
2017
Dimitrios Xygalatas
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

The Psychology of Ritualized Suffering
2016
Dimitrios Xygalatas
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

The Real Magic of Rituals
2022
Dimitris Xygalatas
Research Type: Journal Article

The Ritual Spectrum: Definitions, Frameworks, and Implications: Response to Commentators
2024
Dimitris Xygalatas
Research Type: Journal Article

The biosocial basis of collective effervescence: An experimental anthropological study of a fire-walking ritual
2014
Dimitris Xygalatas
Research Type: Journal Article

The boundaries of trust: Cross-religious and cross-ethnic field experiments in Mauritius
2018
Radek Kundt, Dimitris Xygalatas
Research Type: Journal Article