Rap music and moral norms
Jan Horský published an article on the role of narrative art in the transmission of moral norms in the Journal of Cognition and Culture.
Laboratory research profile
LEVYNA is an interdisciplinary centre affiliated with the Department for the Study of Religions, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University. It is the only institution in the world exclusively dedicated to the experimental study of religion. Combining methods and expertise from the Humanities and the Sciences, LEVYNA brings together researchers with backgrounds as diverse as Religious Studies, Anthropology, History, Psychology, and Neuroscience, who work collaboratively to investigate religious belief and behaviour. It aims to train young scholars in employing scientific methods in the study of religion, and to produce high quality research on religion through cross-disciplinary collaboration, methodological integration and innovation.
Research Lines
Speaker Series
LEVYNA organizes an in-person speaker series in Brno, Czech Republic. Our speakers usually come for two or three days to chat with us, give a public talk on the topic of their interest and lead a workshop on a specific skill they developed for their research. We like to host speakers from various disciplines and with various skills to broaden our horizons.
Interviews
Radek Kundt in Hergot on Radio Wave. "Žmoulejte si svůj talisman, radí výzkumník z Brna".
Jana Nenadalová's interview in a podcast Antropodcast, "Jsme nejateističtější zemí v Evropě?"
Martin Lang in an interview (CZ) "Proč je pro společnost důležitá soudržnost? Snadněji čelí vnějším hrozbám" (Why is cohesion important for the society? It helps to confront external threats) on a recently published study.
Latest Publications
2023
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Effects of Seating Arrangement on Students' Interaction in Group Reflective Practice
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL EDUCATION, year: 2023, volume: 91, edition: 2, DOI
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Gods are watching and so what? Moralistic supernatural punishment across 15 cultures
Evolutionary Human Sciences, year: 2023, volume: 5, edition: e18, DOI
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Ovulatory shift, hormonal changes, and no effects on incentivized decision-making
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC PSYCHOLOGY, year: 2023, volume: 98, edition: October, DOI
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Religious costly signal induces more trustworthiness than secular costly signal: A study of pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, year: 2023, volume: 2023, edition: e-print before press, DOI
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The evolution of human ritual behavior as a cooperative signaling platform
Religion, Brain & Behavior, year: 2023, volume: 2023, edition: e-print before press, DOI