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
How do religious environments affect our behavior?
2019
Dimitris Xygalatas
Research Type: Book Chapter

Do rituals promote social cohesion?
2019
Dimitris Xygalatas
Research Type: Book Chapter

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

Moralizing gods, impartiality and religious parochialism across 15 societies
2019
Benjamin G Purzycki, Quentin D Atkinson, Alexander Bolyanatz, Carla Handley, Emma Cohen, Coren L Apicella, Sarah Mathew, Carolyn Lesorogol
Research Type: Journal Article

How Hearts Align in a Muslim Ritual
2019
C h Manoharan, D Xygalatas
Research Type: Journal Article

Effects of extreme ritual practices on psychophysiological well-being
2019
Dimitris Xygalatas, Jan Kratky, Sammyh Khan, John Shaver, Radek Kundt, Eva Kundtova-Klocova, Martin Lang
Research Type: Journal Article

How Rituals of Pain Help Heal
2019
Dimitris Xygalatas
Research Type: Journal Article

The role of ritual behaviour in anxiety reduction: an investigation of Marathi religious practices in Mauritius
2020
Martin Lang, Dimitrios Xygalatas, Jan Kr'atk`y
Research Type: Journal Article

Why people need rituals, especially in times of~uncertainty
2020
Dimitris Xygalatas
Research Type: Journal Article

Explaining the Emergence of Coronavirus Rituals
2020
D. Xygalatas
Research Type: Journal Article

Evil Eyes and Baking Pies: Aspects of Greek Divination
2021
Dimitrios Xygalatas
Research Type: Book Chapter

Why presidential inaugurations matter
2021
Dimitrios Xygalatas
Research Type: Digital and Electronic Media, Social Media, Blog, Podcast, Magazine/Trade Publication

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
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
Go WILD, Not WEIRD
2021
H. Whitehouse, M. Newson, Dimitrios Xygalatas, M. Buhrmester
Research Type: Journal Article

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

Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living
2022
Dimitris Xygalatas
Research Type: Book

Extreme rituals
2022
Dimitris Xygalatas
Research Type: Book Chapter

Ritual exegesis among Mauritian Hindus
2022
Dimitris Xygalatas, Peter Maňo
Research Type: Journal Article

https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0048721X.2022.2042418
Cigarettes for the dead: effects of sorcery beliefs on parochial prosociality in Mauritius
2022
R. Kundt, M. Lang, D. Xygalatas, E. Kundtová Klocová, P. Maňo
Research Type: Journal Article

https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006286