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

The Evolution of Religion
2013
Richard H Sosis
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

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

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2006
Harvey Whitehouse
Research Type: Other Scholarly Work

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

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
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

Studying religion, past and present: essays in honor of Panayotis Pachis
2024
N. Roubekas, D. Xygalatas, D. Wiebe, L. Martin
Research Type: Book

Strong Interdisciplinarity and Explanatory Pluralism in Social Scientific Research
2019
Dimitrios Xygalatas
Research Type: Journal Article

Special Issue on the Experimental Research of Religion
2014
Dimitris Xygalatas
Research Type: Journal Article

Socioeconomic Variation in Motivations for Ritual Practice
2024
Dimitris Xygalatas, Peter Maňo
Research Type: Journal Article

https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel15121562
Social inequality and signaling in a costly ritual
2021
Vladimír Bahna, Eva Klocová, Dimitris Xygalatas, Martin Lang, Radek Kundt, John Shaver, Peter Maňo
Research Type: Journal Article

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2021.05.006
Social and individual functions of extreme rituals
2015
Dimitrios Xygalatas
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Social Minds, Mental Cultures: Weaving Together Cognition and Culture in the Study of Religion
2013
D. McCorkle
Research Type: Book Chapter

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2010
Nicholas Christakis, James Fowler
Research Type: Other Scholarly Work

Shared suffering predicts prosocial commitment among Turkish earthquake survivors
2025
Harvey Whitehouse, Sevgi Demiroglu, Danielle Morales, Andrew Ainsworth, Claire White, Dimitris Xygalatas
Research Type: Journal Article

Rituals as signals of mate quality
2022
Radek Kundt, Dimitris Xygalatas, Eva Kundtová-Klocová, Peter Maňo
Research Type: Journal Article

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2022.100048
Ritualization increases the perceived efficacy of instrumental actions
2021
Gabriela Pinto, Peter Maňo, Dimitris Xygalatas
Research Type: Journal Article

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104823
Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living
2022
Dimitris Xygalatas
Research Type: Book