Experimental Anthropology

02/21/2026

https://earlychildhoodmatters.online/2026/can-we-make-the-idea-of-using-your-parental-leave-entitlement-sacred/

Dimitris Xygalatas shares why ritual makes early moments of parenthood sacred from bedtime routines to parental leave.

02/06/2026

By our very own recent graduate, Mohammad Saraei: https://psyche.co/ideas/spirituality-cant-be-reduced-to-whats-happening-in-the-brain?fbclid=IwY2xjawPzWsxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFTRndiVUVhVWx0UnNjanl0c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqe7BEwD5mj2IUYfD7DhZthE20Ugl9TPHrhvEAVfY1wTwoQoXg3V3EdBhDj4_aem_FPrYHs2QzHA6-AfHeq3Ryg

Seeing the ‘mind’ as extending beyond the head can help us better understand the nature of transcendent experiences

12/03/2025

Check out our new paper, hot off the press.
We test a simple question: Do people judge the exact same action differently when it’s framed as a ritual rather than something ordinary?
Spoiler: yes!
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-06309-2

12/01/2025

https://apnews.com/article/we-mode-collective-joy-5f4b778df6b73f9f76453746cc4d9cd2

What is “we mode,” and how can you tap into it to improve your life? ‘We mode’ is that ineffable feeling you have when you finish a group exercise class or cheer together in a stadium with thousands of sports fans.

11/26/2025

Congratulations to our grad student, who is now Dr. Mohammad Amin Saraei!

10/31/2025

New paper published on the self-signaling effects of attending Pope Francis’s Funeral: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622725000383?via%3Dihub

10/02/2025

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-ritual-mind/202510/jane-goodall-changed-how-we-see-ourselves

She spent her life among chimpanzees, but in the process, Jane Goodall transformed our understanding of what it means to be human.