New Textbook of Cognitive Science of Religion

It’s no easy matter to explain research designs to your undergraduates without losing something in the process. This Bloomsbury edited volume should make it easier.

16 Feb 2019

In this edited volume leading authors in our field provide an approachable yet rigorous take on the key experiments in CSR. It includes the chapter in which members of LEVYNA explain our experiment on ritualized behavior and anxiety. The publication of this volume is especially dear to our hearts because it’s a brainchild of dr. McCorkle’s directorship at LEVYNA.

21 Nov

CREDO project received funding from the Czech Science Foundation in the Junior Star program!

Martin Lang received the Czech National Foundation’s Junior Star grant with his project titled Computing Religious Devotion: How Reinforcing Supernatural Beliefs Affects Normative Models in the Mind.
14 Nov

Two LEVYNA graduates have been awarded for excellent study results

The vice-rector for Research and Doctoral Studies at Masaryk University has awarded two LEVYNA graduates - Dan Řezníček and Radim Chvaja with a price for excellent results during their Ph.D. studies.
17 Aug

Phases of the menstrual cycle have no effects on incentivized decision-making

In an incentivized controlled lab experiment published in the Journal of Economic Psychology, Miloš Fišar together with members of LEVYNA and other colleagues show that there are no systematic effects of ovulatory shift on salient behavioral outcomes like risk preferences, rule violation, and exploratory attitude.
7 Aug

Costly signals induce more trustworthiness when used in religious settings like pilgrimages

In an experimental study published in the European Journal of Social Psychology, Radim Chvaja, Martin Lang and colleagues show that religious *costly* signals are more effective in communicating trustworthiness to religious/secular receivers than secular signals.

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CREDO project received funding from the Czech Science Foundation in the Junior Star program!

Two LEVYNA graduates have been awarded for excellent study results

Phases of the menstrual cycle have no effects on incentivized decision-making

Costly signals induce more trustworthiness when used in religious settings like pilgrimages