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Ritual explained: interdisciplinary answers to Tinbergen's four questions.
Legare CH, Nielsen M. Legare CH, et al. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2020 Aug 17;375(1805):20190419. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0419. Epub 2020 Jul 29. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2020. PMID: 32594869 Free PMC article.
The dramatic diversity of ritual practices ranges from simple greetings to elaborate religious ceremonies, from the benign to life-threatening. ...The objective is to contribute to an integrative explanation of ritual by addressing Tinbergen's four key questi …
The dramatic diversity of ritual practices ranges from simple greetings to elaborate religious ceremonies, from the benign to life-th …
The effects of model age and familiarity on children's reproduction of ritual behaviour.
Wang C, Wang Z. Wang C, et al. Br J Dev Psychol. 2023 Sep;41(3):259-275. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12448. Epub 2023 Apr 5. Br J Dev Psychol. 2023. PMID: 37019847
Additionally, when exposed to unfamiliar models, children's reproductive fidelity was higher. These findings suggest that children have the ability to address new adaptation challenges by participating in rituals at an early age and that they generate suitable solut …
Additionally, when exposed to unfamiliar models, children's reproductive fidelity was higher. These findings suggest that children ha …
Ritual and the origins of first impressions.
Over H, Eggleston A, Cook R. Over H, et al. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2020 Aug 17;375(1805):20190435. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0435. Epub 2020 Jul 29. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2020. PMID: 32594871 Free PMC article. Review.
Furthermore, rituals of this type may be a powerful mechanism through which face-trait associations are transmitted from one generation to the next. This article is part of the theme issue 'Ritual renaissance: new insights into the most human of behaviours'....
Furthermore, rituals of this type may be a powerful mechanism through which face-trait associations are transmitted from one generati …
Spontaneous (minimal) ritual in non-human great apes?
Tennie C, van Schaik CP. Tennie C, et al. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2020 Aug 17;375(1805):20190423. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0423. Epub 2020 Jul 29. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2020. PMID: 32594873 Free PMC article. Review.
The potential for rituals in non-human great apes (apes) is an understudied topic. We derive a minimal definition of ritual and then examine the currently available evidence for it in untrained and non-enculturated apes. ...Overall, apes do not show much, or very cl …
The potential for rituals in non-human great apes (apes) is an understudied topic. We derive a minimal definition of ritual an …
Rethinking efficacy: People's perception of ritual healing and trance religious practices at shrines in Pakistan.
Charan IA, Xin S, Zezhuang W, Yao D. Charan IA, et al. Asian J Psychiatr. 2020 Aug;52:102020. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102020. Epub 2020 Apr 12. Asian J Psychiatr. 2020. PMID: 32305682
Ritual healing is one of the core topics in anthropology and is also important in psychology. ...These findings of this study propose that shrine ritual healing is powerful not so much because of the specific practice of exorcist rituals, but because the prac …
Ritual healing is one of the core topics in anthropology and is also important in psychology. ...These findings of this study propose …
Proximate and ultimate causes of ritual behavior.
Tonna M, Ponzi D, Palanza P, Marchesi C, Parmigiani S. Tonna M, et al. Behav Brain Res. 2020 Sep 1;393:112772. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112772. Epub 2020 Jun 13. Behav Brain Res. 2020. PMID: 32544508 Review.
The purpose of this contribution is to investigate an evolutionary continuum in proximate and ultimate causes of ritual behavior. A phylogenetic homology in proximal mechanisms can be found, based on the repetition of genetically programmed and/or epigenetically acq …
The purpose of this contribution is to investigate an evolutionary continuum in proximate and ultimate causes of ritual behavior …
HIV prevention: mapping Mozambican people's views on the acceptability of the widow's sexual cleansing ritual called pita-kufa.
Vera Cruz G, Mateus A, Dlamini PS. Vera Cruz G, et al. BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2018 Sep 20;18(1):37. doi: 10.1186/s12914-018-0177-z. BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2018. PMID: 30236108 Free PMC article.
Thus, this study's aim was to map Mozambicans' views on the acceptability of this ritual, given the gender and public health concerns linked to it. ...The data collection instrument consisted of 18 vignettes describing realistic pita-kufa situations, varying as a fu …
Thus, this study's aim was to map Mozambicans' views on the acceptability of this ritual, given the gender and public health c …
Ritual futures: Spirit mediumship as chronotopic labor.
Ng E. Ng E. J Hist Behav Sci. 2021 Jul;57(3):288-294. doi: 10.1002/jhbs.22101. Epub 2021 Jun 22. J Hist Behav Sci. 2021. PMID: 34159585 Free PMC article.
The essay centers on the case of a spirit medium located in the psychiatric unit, and the social evolutionary and developmentalist temporalities condensed in her cultural psychiatric diagnosis. I then turn to the medium's ritual work and cosmological account, which …
The essay centers on the case of a spirit medium located in the psychiatric unit, and the social evolutionary and developmentalist temporali …
Exploring opposition to ritual female genital cutting since the first U.S. federal prosecution: the 2017 Detroit case.
Bootwala Y. Bootwala Y. Int J Impot Res. 2023 May;35(3):179-186. doi: 10.1038/s41443-022-00532-0. Epub 2022 Mar 16. Int J Impot Res. 2023. PMID: 35296812
In the U.S., the 1996 federal law banning medically unnecessary female genital cutting (FGC) of minors was rendered unconstitutional in 2018 in the Nagarwala case. ...Twenty-one U.S. states have developed legislation since 2017 that was enacted to oppose such FGC. . …
In the U.S., the 1996 federal law banning medically unnecessary female genital cutting (FGC) of minors was rendered unconstitutional …
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