The ritual stance and the precaution system: the role of goal-demotion and opacity in ritual and everyday actions
(2016)
Journal Article
Kapitány, R., & Nielsen, M. (2017). The ritual stance and the precaution system: the role of goal-demotion and opacity in ritual and everyday actions. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 7(1), 27-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599x.2016.1141792
Rituals tend to be both causally opaque and goal demoted, yet these two qualities are rarely dissociated in the literature. Here we manipulate both factors and demonstrate their unique influence on ritual cognition. In a 2 × 3 (action type x goal inf... Read More about The ritual stance and the precaution system: the role of goal-demotion and opacity in ritual and everyday actions.