Sync to Link: Endorphin-Mediated Synchrony Effects on Cooperation M Lang, V Bahna, JH Shaver, P Reddish, D Xygalatas Biological Psychology 127, 191-197, 2017 | 227 | 2017 |
Moralizing gods, impartiality and religious parochialism across 15 societies M Lang, BG Purzycki, CL Apicella, QD Atkinson, A Bolyanatz, E Cohen, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286 (1898), 20190202, 2019 | 209 | 2019 |
Effects of anxiety on spontaneous ritualized behavior M Lang, J Krátký, JH Shaver, D Jerotijević, D Xygalatas Current Biology 25 (14), 1892-1897, 2015 | 209 | 2015 |
Treatment of missing data determines conclusions regarding moralizing gods B Beheim, Q Atkinson, JA Bulbulia, WM Gervais, R Gray, J Henrich, ... Nature 595, E29–E34, 2021 | 102* | 2021 |
The role of ritual behaviour in anxiety reduction: an investigation of Marathi religious practices in Mauritius M Lang, J Krátký, D Xygalatas Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 375 (1805), 20190431, 2020 | 79 | 2020 |
Lost in the Rhythm: Effects of Rhythm on Subsequent Interpersonal Coordination M Lang, DJ Shaw, P Reddish, S Wallot, P Mitkidis, D Xygalatas Cognitive Science 40 (7), 1797–1815, 2016 | 75 | 2016 |
Religious Veiling as a Mate-Guarding Strategy: Effects of Environmental Pressures on Cultural Practices F Pazhoohi, M Lang, D Xygalatas, K Grammer Evolutionary Psychological Science, 1-7, 2016 | 64 | 2016 |
Big gods in small places: The random allocation game in Mauritius D Xygalatas, S Kotherová, P Maňo, R Kundt, J Cigán, EK Klocová, ... The Evolution of Religion and Morality, 143-161, 2023 | 60 | 2023 |
Music as a sacred cue? Effects of religious music on moral behavior M Lang, P Mitkidis, R Kundt, A Nichols, L Krajčíková, D Xygalatas Frontiers in Psychology 7 (814), 1-13, 2016 | 54 | 2016 |
Effects of extreme ritual practices on psychophysiological well-being D Xygalatas, S Khan, M Lang, R Kundt, E Kundtová-Klocová, J Krátký, ... Current Anthropology 60 (5), 699-707, 2019 | 53 | 2019 |
The moralization bias of gods’ minds: A cross-cultural test BG Purzycki, AK Willard, EK Klocová, C Apicella, Q Atkinson, A Bolyanatz, ... Religion, Brain & Behavior 12 (1-2), 38-60, 2022 | 42 | 2022 |
Evolutionary, cognitive, and contextual approaches to the study of religious systems: A proposition of synthesis M Lang, R Kundt Method & theory in the study of religion 32 (1), 1-46, 2020 | 42 | 2020 |
Identity fusion, outgroup relations, and sacrifice: A cross-cultural test BG Purzycki, M Lang Cognition 186, 1-6, 2019 | 37 | 2019 |
Social inequality and signaling in a costly ritual D Xygalatas, P Maňo, V Bahna, EK Klocová, R Kundt, M Lang, JH Shaver Evolution and Human Behavior 42 (6), 524-533, 2021 | 33 | 2021 |
Anxiety and ritualization: Can attention discriminate compulsion from routine? J Krátký, M Lang, JH Shaver, D Jerotijević, D Xygalatas Communicative & Integrative Biology 9 (3), e1174799, 2016 | 33 | 2016 |
The boundaries of trust: Cross-religious and cross-ethnic field experiments in Mauritius JH Shaver, M Lang, J Krátký, EK Klocová, R Kundt, D Xygalatas Evolutionary Psychology 16 (4), 1474704918817644, 2018 | 32 | 2018 |
Costs do not explain trust among secular groups JH Shaver, S DiVietro, M Lang, R Sosis Journal of Cognition and Culture 18 (1-2), 180-204, 2018 | 30 | 2018 |
Advertising cooperative phenotype through costly signals facilitates collective action M Lang, R Chvaja, B Grant Purzycki, D Václavík, R Staněk Royal Society Open Science 9 (5), 202202, 2022 | 29 | 2022 |
The evolutionary paths to collective rituals: An interdisciplinary perspective on the origins and functions of the basic social act M Lang Archive for the Psychology of Religion 41 (3), 224-252, 2019 | 25 | 2019 |
The religiosity gender gap in 14 diverse societies T Vardy, C Moya, CD Placek, CL Apicella, AH Bolyanatz, E Cohen, ... The Evolution of Religion and Morality, 18-37, 2023 | 24 | 2023 |