Anxiety and ritualization : Can attention discriminate compulsion from routine?

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Authors

KRÁTKÝ Jan LANG Martin SHAVER John H. JEROTIJEVIĆ Danijela XYGALATAS Dimitris

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Communicative and Integrative Biology
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Faculty of Arts

Citation
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Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19420889.2016.1174799
Field Philosophy and religion
Keywords anxiety; ritualization; compulsory behavior; attention; routine
Description Despite the wide occurrence of ritual behavior in humans and animals, much of its causal underpinnings, as well as evolutionary functions, remain unknown. A prominent line of research focuses on ritualization as a response to anxiogenic stimuli. By manipulating anxiety levels, and subsequently assessing their motor behavior dynamics, our recent study investigated this causal link in a controlled way. As an extension to our original argument, we here discuss 2 theoretical explanations of rituals—Ritualized Behavior and Automated Behavior—and their link to anxiety. We propose that investigating participant’s locus of attention can discriminate between these 2 models
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