Understanding Ritual with Dimitris Xygalatas

Dimitris is an anthropologist and cognitive scientist who specializes in studying the more peculiar aspects of human nature, such as #ritual, music, and sports fanship. His research combines experimental methods with ethnographic fieldwork to study human culture holistically. In this interview we talk about his studies on Spanish fire-walking rituals and the interesting observations on self-reported levels of arousal which is closely related to the theme of this channel, #interoception. He also explains observations of physiological synchrony between people at ritualistic events. I enjoyed speaking to Dimitris about how fostering bio-behavioral synchrony through ritual can help mitigate the negative effects of chaotic times.
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