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MEDIA

Check out some of the articles and interviews of our lab members

Rituals of Pain Help Heal

Rituals of Pain Help Heal

Dimitris Xygalatas writes for Sapiens

Bizarre Rituals

Bizarre Rituals

Dimitris Xygalatas on History Channel

Hearts Align in a Muslim Ritual

Hearts Align in a Muslim Ritual

Manoharan and Xygalatas write for Sapiens

Trial by Fire

Trial by Fire

Dimitris Xygalatas writes for Aeon

Extreme Rituals

Extreme Rituals

Interview with Dimitris Xygalatas

The Puzzle of Extreme Rituals

The Puzzle of Extreme Rituals

Dimitris Xygalatas on UConn Today

The Perennial Power of Ritual

The Perennial Power of Ritual

Dimitris Xygalatas writes for Sapiens

Fire-walking in San Pedro Manrique

Fire-walking in San Pedro Manrique

Dimitris Xygalatas on the Discovery Channel

Hearts align in a Sufi ritual

Hearts align in a Sufi ritual

Dimitris Xygalatas on PBS

Pain makes us gain

Pain makes us gain

Dimitris Xygalatas talks to the New Yorker

Anxiety Makes People Clean

Anxiety Makes People Clean

Martin Lang talks to Discover Magazine

On the Ice Bucket Challenge

On the Ice Bucket Challenge

Dimitris Xygalatas talks to Vice

Anxiety, Rituals, and Religion

Anxiety, Rituals, and Religion

Martin Lang talks to Verge of Discovery

The Psychology of Ritual Suffering

The Psychology of Ritual Suffering

Dimitris Xygalatas writes on SPSP blog

What happened to the ice bucket?

What happened to the ice bucket?

Dimitris Xygalatas in the New Yorker

The Power of Ritual

The Power of Ritual

Dimitris Xygalatas' TEDx talk

The threat of divine punishment

The threat of divine punishment

Our research featured in Science Magazine

Are religious people more moral?

Are religious people more moral?

Dimitris Xygalatas writes in The Conversation

An interview with Peter Mano

An interview with Peter Mano

Denník Newspaper

Why we love holiday rituals

Why we love holiday rituals

Dimitris Xygalatas writes for The Conversation

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