Ritualization reduces anxiety
Martin Lang and Radim Chvaja published a chapter discussing the relationship between ritual and anxiety in The Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Approaches to Religion.
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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The evolution of human ritual behavior as a cooperative signaling platform
Religion, Brain & Behavior, year: 2024, volume: 14, edition: 4, 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