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 moralization bias of gods’ minds: a cross-cultural test
2022
Caitlyn Placek, Cristina Moya, Jonathan Weigel, Dimitris Xygalatas, Montserrat Soler, Carla Handley, Joseph Henrich, Ara Norenzayan, Emma Cohen, Martin Lang, Coren Apicella, Carolyn Lesorogol, Benjamin Purzycki, Sarah Mathew, Eva Klocová, Rita McNamara, Aiyana Willard, Alexander Bolyanatz, Tom Vardy, Quentin Atkinson, Cody Ross
Research Type: Journal Article

https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006291
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
Effects of predictable behavioral patterns on anxiety dynamics
2022
Dimitris Xygalatas, Martin Lang, Jan Krátký
Research Type: Journal Article

https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23885-4
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
Being in a crowd bonds people via physiological synchrony
2022
H. Whitehouse, V. Profeta, G. Baranowski-Pinto, M. Newson, D. Xygalatas
Research Type: Journal Article

https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04548-2
Ritual Form and Ritual Choice among Mauritian Hindus
2022
Dimitris Xygalatas, Peter Maňo
Research Type: Journal Article

https://dx.doi.org/10.61577/SN.2022.2.18
Material insecurity predicts greater commitment to moralistic and less commitment to local deities: a cross-cultural investigation
2022
Adam Baimel, Alex Bolyanatz, Jonathan Weigel, Coren Apicella, Monserrat Soler, Martin Lang, Quentin Atkinson, Carla Handley, Joseph Henrich, Emma Cohen, Ara Norenzayan, Cristina Moya, Sarah Mathew, Eva Kundtová Klocová, Carolyn Lesogorol, Rita McNamara, Dimitris Xygalatas, Caitlyn Placek, Aiyana Willard, Thomas Vardy, Benjamin Purzycki
Research Type: Journal Article

https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006287
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

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

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

Invariances in the architecture of pride across small-scale societies
2018
Alexander N Kharitonov, Jeremy M Koster, Kristina I Ananyeva, Hidefumi Hitokoto, Daniel Sznycer, Xiao-Fen An, Dimitris Xygalatas, Sarah Alami, Shintaro Fukushima, Charity N Onyishi
Research Type: Journal Article

Analytic atheism: A cross-culturally weak and fickle phenomenon?
2018
Ryan T Mckay, Michiel van Elk, Emma T Buchtel, Ilan Dar-Nimrod, Dimitris Xygalatas, Mark Aveyard, Jonathan Ramsay, Tapani Riekki
Research Type: Journal Article