New Publication on Identity Fusion Theory
Our new paper in which dr. Ben Purzycki (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Lipsko) and Martin Lang are testing the identity fusion theory on a cross-cultural data set is out in Cognition.
Laboratory research profile
LEVYNA is an interdisciplinary centre affiliated with the Department for the Study of Religions, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University. It is the only institution in the world exclusively dedicated to the experimental study of religion. Combining methods and expertise from the Humanities and the Sciences, LEVYNA brings together researchers with backgrounds as diverse as Religious Studies, Anthropology, History, Psychology, and Neuroscience, who work collaboratively to investigate religious belief and behaviour. It aims to train young scholars in employing scientific methods in the study of religion, and to produce high quality research on religion through cross-disciplinary collaboration, methodological integration and innovation.
Research Lines
Speaker Series
LEVYNA organizes an in-person speaker series in Brno, Czech Republic. Our speakers usually come for two or three days to chat with us, give a public talk on the topic of their interest and lead a workshop on a specific skill they developed for their research. We like to host speakers from various disciplines and with various skills to broaden our horizons.
Interviews
Radek Kundt in Hergot on Radio Wave. "Žmoulejte si svůj talisman, radí výzkumník z Brna".
Jana Nenadalová's interview in a podcast Antropodcast, "Jsme nejateističtější zemí v Evropě?"
Martin Lang in an interview (CZ) "Proč je pro společnost důležitá soudržnost? Snadněji čelí vnějším hrozbám" (Why is cohesion important for the society? It helps to confront external threats) on a recently published study.
Latest Publications
2024
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Adverse Effects of Meditation : Autonomic Nervous System Activation and Individual Nauseous Responses During Samadhi Meditation in the Czech Republic
Journal of Religion and Health, year: 2024, volume: neuveden, edition: neuveden, DOI
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Contest and resource allocation: An experimental analysis of entitlement and self-selection effects
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, year: 2024, volume: 82, edition: March, DOI
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Did Descriptive and Prescriptive Norms About Gender Equality at Home Change During the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Cross-National Investigation.
PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN, year: 2024
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Emotional contagion in a collective ritual
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY, year: 2024, volume: NA, edition: NA, DOI
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Exploring the impact of intensified multiple session tDCS over the left DLPFC on brain function in MCI: a randomized control trial.
Scientific Reports, year: 2024, volume: 14, edition: 1, DOI
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Physiology-Inspired Bifocal Fronto-Parietal tACS for Working Memory Enhancement.
Heliyon, year: 2024, volume: 10, edition: 18, DOI
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Ritual Explained? Some Issues and Challenges for the Cognitive and Evolutionary Study of Rituals
Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion, year: 2024, DOI
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The role of costly commitment signals in assorting cooperators duringintergroup conflict
Evolution and Human Behavior, year: 2024, volume: 45, edition: 2, DOI