Dimitris Xygalatas

University of Connecticut — United States

Social Sciences · Social Sciences

38h-index6.0kcitations159works2.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation(56), Cultural Differences and Values(38), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology(37), Religion and Society Interactions(29), Study and Philosophy of Religion(22)

Publications158 total

The ritual stance affects perceptions of effort
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications·2025Open Access
Strengthening social networks and enhancing well-being through a collective Islamic ritual.
Psychology of Religion and Spirituality·2025
Route of fire: Pregame rituals and emotional synchrony among Brazilian football fans
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Physical discomfort predicts parochial altruism during Pope Francis’s funeral
2025Open Access
Prediction Beyond Belief: Rituals as Active Inference Mechanisms
International Journal for the Psychology of Religion·2025· 3 cited
Shared suffering predicts prosocial commitment among Turkish earthquake survivors
Scientific Reports·2025Open Access
Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals
UNC Libraries·2025Open Access
Does the Conservativeness of Religious Veiling Signal Trust and In-Group Commitment?
Evolutionary Psychological Science·2025
Physical discomfort predicts parochial altruism during Pope Francis’s funeral
Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Socioeconomic Variation in Motivations for Ritual Practice
Religions·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Witchcraft, Envy, and Norm Enforcement in Mauritius
Human Nature·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
The Ritual Spectrum
Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion·2024· 2 cited
Aligned bodies, united hearts: embodied emotional dynamics of an Islamic ritual
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
How shared suffering bonded Britons witnessing the Queen’s funeral
Scientific Reports·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Emotional contagion in a collective ritual
American Journal of Human Biology·2024· 10 cited
Culture, Cognition, and Ritual
2024
Commencement isn’t just about awarding degrees – and cancellations leave students disconnected and disillusioned
2024
Witchcraft, Envy, and Norm Enforcement in Mauritius
2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Open Access: Material insecurity predicts greater commitment to moralistic and less commitment to local deities: a cross-cultural investigation
2023
The religiosity gender gap in 14 diverse societies
2023· 6 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Martin Lang(16), Joseph Bulbulia(12), Eva Kundtová Klocová(12), Benjamin Grant Purzycki(10), Quentin D. Atkinson(10), Emma Cohen(10), Aiyana K. Willard(10), Coren L. Apicella(9), Rita Anne McNamara(9), Ara Norenzayan(9), Joseph Henrich(9), Panagiotis Mitkidis(8), Radek Kundt(7), Paul Reddish(6), Jan Krátký(6), John H. Shaver(6), Ivana Konvalinka(5), Ryan McKay(5), Cristina Moya(5), Will M. Gervais(4)