• The Effects of Extreme Rituals on Moral Behavior: the performers-observers gap hypothesis 

      Mitkidis, Panagiotis; Ayal, Shahar; Shalvi, Shaul; Heimann, Katrin; Levy, Gabriel; Kyselo, Miriam; Wallot, Sebastian; Roepstorff, Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Religious rituals are found all over the world. Some cultures engage in extreme religious rituals in which individuals take on forms of bodily harm to demonstrate their devotion. Such rituals entail excessive costs in terms ...