Religion is associated with a wide range of socially desirable behaviors and outcomes
(particularly among adolescents), including lower rates of crime and delinquency, better …

Ritual behaviour, intended as a specific, repetitive and rigid form of action flow, appears both
in social and non-social environmental contexts, representing an ubiquitous phenomenon in …

Objectives In the context of Grand Slam tennis, we sought to examine how situational
pressure and prior errors can disrupt subsequent performance in elite performers. Methods …

We estimate the impact of the Ramadan fasting ritual on criminal sentencing decisions in
Pakistan and India from half a century of daily data. We use random case assignment and …

Although researchers have indicated that individuals with depleted self‐control resources
have lower self‐control behavior and exhibit more deceptive behaviors, recent …

A central hypothesis to account for the ubiquity of rituals across cultures is their supposed
anxiolytic effects: rituals being maintained because they reduce existential anxiety and …

Spectators at sporting events see not only the skills displayed but also the various forms of
ritualized behavior exhibited by athletes. To test whether ritualized behavior contributes to …

Across all cultures, people frequently engage in ritualized (non-instrumental) behaviors.
How do those causally opaque actions affect perceptions of causal efficacy? Using real-life …

The revised edition of this award-winning book offers thirty-three Neuro Updates, which
provide evidence-based data to help you recognize and explain the deeply transformational …

Superstitious behaviors persist across time, culture, and age. Although often considered
irrational and even potentially harmful, superstitions have recently been shown to have …