Outputs (15)

Shared Flashbulb Memories Lead to Identity Fusion: Recalling the Defeat in the Brexit Referendum Produces Strong Psychological Bonds Among Remain Supporters (2022)
Journal Article
Muzzulini, B., van Mulukom, V., Kapitany, R., & Whitehouse, H. (2022). Shared Flashbulb Memories Lead to Identity Fusion: Recalling the Defeat in the Brexit Referendum Produces Strong Psychological Bonds Among Remain Supporters. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 374 - 383. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0101873

Identity fusion—a visceral feeling of oneness with a group—is thought to result from the sharing of emotional, often dysphoric, experiences. In this pre-registered longitudinal study, we address the impact of flashbulb memories of learning about the... Read More about Shared Flashbulb Memories Lead to Identity Fusion: Recalling the Defeat in the Brexit Referendum Produces Strong Psychological Bonds Among Remain Supporters.

Pretensive Shared Reality: From Childhood Pretense to Adult Imaginative Play (2022)
Journal Article
Kapitany, R. (2022). Pretensive Shared Reality: From Childhood Pretense to Adult Imaginative Play. Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.774085

Imaginative pretend play is often thought of as the domain of young children, yet adults regularly engage in elaborated, fantastical, social-mediated pretend play. We describe imaginative play in adults via the term "pretensive shared reality;" Share... Read More about Pretensive Shared Reality: From Childhood Pretense to Adult Imaginative Play.

Shared Flashbulb Memories Lead to Identity Fusion: Recalling the Defeat in the Brexit Referendum Produces Strong Psychological Bonds Among Remain Supporters (2021)
Journal Article
Kapitany, R. (2021). Shared Flashbulb Memories Lead to Identity Fusion: Recalling the Defeat in the Brexit Referendum Produces Strong Psychological Bonds Among Remain Supporters. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2021.10.005

Identity fusion—a visceral feeling of oneness with a group—is thought to result from the sharing of emotional, often dysphoric, experiences. In this pre-registered longitudinal study, we address the impact of flashbulb memories of learning about the... Read More about Shared Flashbulb Memories Lead to Identity Fusion: Recalling the Defeat in the Brexit Referendum Produces Strong Psychological Bonds Among Remain Supporters.

Cultural Components of Sex Differences in Color Preference (2021)
Journal Article
Kapitany, R., Davis, J. T. M., Robertson, E., Lew‐Levy, S., Neldner, K., Nielsen, M., & Hines, M. (2021). Cultural Components of Sex Differences in Color Preference. Child Development, 92(4), 1574-1589. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13528

Preferences for pink and blue were tested in children aged 4-11 years in three small-scale societies: Shipibo villages in the Peruvian Amazon, kastom villages in the highlands of Tanna Island, Vanuatu, and BaYaka foragers in the northern Republic of... Read More about Cultural Components of Sex Differences in Color Preference.

Ritual Morphospace Revisited: The form, function, and factor structure of ritual practice (2020)
Journal Article
Kapitany, R. (2020). Ritual Morphospace Revisited: The form, function, and factor structure of ritual practice. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0436

Human rituals exhibit bewildering diversity, from the Mauritian Kavadi to Catholic communion. Is this diversity
infinitely plastic or are there some general dimensions along which ritual features vary? We analysed two cross-cultural datasets, one dr... Read More about Ritual Morphospace Revisited: The form, function, and factor structure of ritual practice.

Homo neanderthalensis and the evolutionary origins of ritual in Homo sapiens. (2020)
Journal Article
Kapitany, R. (2020). Homo neanderthalensis and the evolutionary origins of ritual in Homo sapiens. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, -. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0424

There is a large, if disparate, body of archaeological literature discussing specific instantiations of symbolic material culture and the possibility of ritual practices in Neanderthal populations. Despite this attention, however, no single synthesis... Read More about Homo neanderthalensis and the evolutionary origins of ritual in Homo sapiens..

Ritual morphospace revisited: the form, function and factor structure of ritual practice. (2020)
Journal Article
Kapitany, R. (2020). Ritual morphospace revisited: the form, function and factor structure of ritual practice. Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 20190436 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0436

Human rituals exhibit bewildering diversity, from the Mauritian Kavadi to Catholic communion. Is this diversity infinitely plastic or are there some general dimensions along which ritual features vary? We analyse two cross-cultural datasets: one draw... Read More about Ritual morphospace revisited: the form, function and factor structure of ritual practice..

Homo neanderthalensis and the evolutionary origins of ritual in Homo sapiens (2020)
Journal Article
Kapitany, R. (2020). Homo neanderthalensis and the evolutionary origins of ritual in Homo sapiens. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019-0424

There is a large, if disparate, body of archaeological literature discussing specific instantiations of symbolic material culture and the possibility of ritual practices in Neanderthal populations. Despite this attention, however, no single synthesis... Read More about Homo neanderthalensis and the evolutionary origins of ritual in Homo sapiens.

The child's pantheon: Children's hierarchical belief structure in real and non-real figures. (2020)
Journal Article
Kapitany, R. (2020). The child's pantheon: Children's hierarchical belief structure in real and non-real figures. PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234142

To what extent do children believe in real, unreal, natural and supernatural figures relative to each other, and to what extent are features of culture responsible for belief? Are some figures, like Santa Claus or an alien, perceived as more real tha... Read More about The child's pantheon: Children's hierarchical belief structure in real and non-real figures..

Exploring the Pathways Between Transformative Group Experiences and Identity Fusion. (2020)
Journal Article
Kapitany, R. (2020). Exploring the Pathways Between Transformative Group Experiences and Identity Fusion. Frontiers in Psychology, 1172 - ?. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01172

A growing body of evidence suggests that two distinct forms of group alignment are possible: identification and fusion (the former asserts that group and personal identity are distinct, while the latter asserts group and personal identities are funct... Read More about Exploring the Pathways Between Transformative Group Experiences and Identity Fusion..