Extreme Rituals Promote Prosociality

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1602-1605

  Xygalatas, Dimitris ^a,b   Mitkidis, Panagiotis ^a,b   Fischer, Ronald ^c   Reddish, Paul ^b,c   Skewes, Joshua ^a   Geertz, Armin W ^a   Roepstorff, Andreas ^a   Bulbulia, Joseph ^b,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MODIFICATION; COOPERATION; HUMAN; MALE; MAURITIUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WELFARE; SYMBOLISM;

BODY MODIFICATION, NON-THERAPEUTIC; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CHARITIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HINDUISM; HUMANS; MALE; MAURITIUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84881250713     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612472910     Document Type: Article

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