doc. Mgr. Martin Lang, Ph.D.

Curriculum vitae

Name, first names, scientific degrees

• Mgr. Martin Lang, Ph.D., 21. November in Zábřeh, Czech Republic

Department/Faculty/University

• LEVYNA (Laboratory for experimental research of religion)
  Department for the scientific study of religions
  Masaryk University
  Arne Nováka 1
  602 00 Brno
  Czech Republic
  

Function, current position

• Post-doctoral researcher

Education and academic qualifications

• 2016: Ph.D. in Religious Studies, "The Cognitive Science of Religion", FF MU
• 2011: Mgr. in Religious Studies, "Neurophysiological basis of religiosity", FF MU
• 2008: Bc. in Religious Studies; & Medial Studies and Journalism, "Life in Sahaja Yoga movement: The case of spiritual change or conversion?" FF a FSS MU

Professional experience

• 2018 - : post-doctoral researcher, LEVYNA, MU
• 2016 - 2018: post-doctoral researcher, Harvard University
• 2014 - 2016: doctoral researcher, University of Connecticut
• 2011 - 2014: doctoral researcher, LEVYNA, MU

Teaching activities

• Fall semestr 2012: "Religion and social brain"

Research activities

• LEVYNA Research on ritual, anxiety and cooperation

Internship and stays for the purpose of study or work

• 2015/07/13 – 2015/07/31: Aarhus University, Aarhus, Summer School, DNK
  • Účast na letní škole věnující se metodám sběru dat v terénnu se specifickým zaměřením na náboženství a rituály. Součástí pobytu byly přednášky od expertů a etnografický výzkum s informanty z Mauricia.
• 2009/08/31 – 2010/01/31: University of Szeged, Szeged, HUN

Major publications

• LANG, Martin. Are cultures immune systems or blueprints of a systemic design? Religion Brain & Behavior. ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2025. ISSN 2153-599X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2025.2490743. URL info
• LANG, Martin. Formalized rituals may have preceded the emergence of religions. Religion, Brain & Behavior. London: Routledge Journals, Taylor and Francs Ltd., 2024, roč. 14, č. 1, s. 78-81. ISSN 2153-599X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2023.2168737. URL info
• LANG, Martin a Radek KUNDT. The evolution of human ritual behavior as a cooperative signaling platform. Religion, Brain & Behavior. London: Taylor & Francis, 2024, roč. 14, č. 4, s. 377-399. ISSN 2153-599X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2023.2197977. URL info
• LANG, Martin; Benjamin Grant PURZYCKI; Joseph HENRICH a Ara NORENZAYAN. The Evolution of Religion and Morality : Volume II. 1st edition. New York: Routledge, 2024, 254 s. ISBN 978-1-032-62407-5. URL info
• LANG, Martin; Radim CHVAJA a Benjamin G PURZYCKI. The role of costly commitment signals in assorting cooperators during intergroup conflict. Evolution and Human Behavior. New York: Elsevier Science, 2024, roč. 45, č. 2, s. 131-143. ISSN 1090-5138. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.01.003. URL info
• XYGALATAS, Dimitrios; Martin LANG; Peter MAŇO; Jan KRÁTKÝ a Ronald FISCHER. Emotional contagion in a collective ritual. American Journal of Human Biology. New York: Wiley, 2024, roč. 36, č. 12, s. 1-12. ISSN 1042-0533. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.24111. URL info
• LANG, Martin a Radim CHVAJA. Mechanisms of Secularization : Testing Between the Rationalization and Existential Insecurity Theories. Collabra: Psychology. Oakland: University of California Press, 2024, roč. 10, č. 1, s. 1-17. ISSN 2474-7394. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.126508. URL info
• LANG, Martin a Radim CHVAJA. Hazard Precaution : Examining the Possible Adaptive Value of Ritualized Behavior. In Lior, Yair; Lane, Justin E. The Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Approaches to Religion. New York, NY: Routledge, 2023, s. 164-184. Routledge Handbooks in Religion. ISBN 978-1-138-33167-9. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.4324/b23047-14. URL info
• BENDIXEN, Theiss; Aaron D LIGHTNER; Coren APICELLA; Quentin ATKINSON; Alexander BOLYANATZ; Emma Elizabeth Ann COHEN; Carla HANDLEY; Joseph HENRICH; Eva KLOCOVÁ; Carolyn LESOROGOL; Sarah MATHEW; Rita A MCNAMARA; Cristina MOYA; Ara NORENZAYAN; Caitlyn PLACEK; Montserrat SOLER; Tom VARDY; Jonathan WEIGEL; Aiyana K WILLARD; Dimitris XYGALATAS; Martin LANG a Benjamin Grant PURZYCKI. Gods are watching and so what? Moralistic supernatural punishment across 15 cultures. Evolutionary Human Sciences. Cambridge University Press, 2023, roč. 5, e18, s. 1-15. ISSN 2513-843X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2023.15. URL info
• CHVAJA, Radim; Juana CHINCHILLA; Angel GOMEZ a Martin LANG. Religious costly signal induces more trustworthiness than secular costly signal : A study of pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. European Journal of Social Psychology. Wiley, 2023, roč. 53, č. 6, s. 1294-1308. ISSN 0046-2772. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2975. URL info
• LANG, Martin. The evolution of human ritual behavior as a cooperative signaling platform. In Ritual in Human Evolution: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, International Conference Tübingen, Oct. 4–6, 2023, Germany. 2023. URL info
• LANG, Martin; Dimitrios XYGALATAS; C.M. KAVANAGH; N. BOCCARDI; J. HALBERSTADT; C. JACKSON; M. MARTINEZ; P. REDDISH; E.M.W. TONG; A. VAZQUEZ; H. WHITEHOUSE; M.E. YAMAMOTO; M. YUKI a A. GOMEZ. Outgroup threat and the emergence of cohesive groups : A cross-cultural examination. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2022, roč. 25, č. 7, s. 1739-1759. ISSN 1368-4302. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302211016961. URL info
• VARDY, Thomas; Cristina MOYA; Caitlyn PLACEK; Coren APICELLA; Alexander BOLYANATZ; Emma COHEN; Carla HANDLEY; Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ; Carolyn LESOROGOL; Sarah MATHEW; Rita MCNAMARA; Benjamin PURZYCKI; Montseratt SOLER; Jonathan WEIGEL; Ayiana WILLARD; Dimitrios XYGALATAS; Ara NORENZAYAN; Joseph HENRICH; Martin LANG a Quentin ATKINSON. The religiosity gender gap in 14 diverse societies. Religion, Brain & Behavior. ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2022, roč. 12, 1-2, s. 18-37. ISSN 2153-599X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006292. URL info
• BAIMEL, Adam; Coren APICELLA; Quentin ATKINSON; Alex BOLYANATZ; Emma COHEN; Carla HANDLEY; Joseph HENRICH; Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ; Martin LANG; Carolyn LESOGOROL; Sarah MATHEW; Rita MCNAMARA; Cristina MOYA; Ara NORENZAYAN; Caitlyn D PLACEK; Monserrat SOLER; Thomas VARDY; Jonathan WEIGEL; Aiyana WILLARD; Dimitris XYGALATAS a Benjamin PURZYCKI. Material insecurity predicts greater commitment to moralistic and less commitment to local deities : a cross-cultural investigation. Religion, Brain & Behavior. ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2022, roč. 12, 1-2, s. 4-17. ISSN 2153-599X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006287. URL info
• PURZYCKI, Benjamin; Aiyana WILLARD; Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ; Coren APICELLA; Quentin ATKINSON; Alex BOLYANATZ; Emma COHEN; Carla HANDLEY; Joseph HENRICH; Martin LANG; Carolyn LESOGOROL; Sarah MATHEW; Rita MCNAMARA; Cristina MOYA; Ara NORENZAYAN; Caitlyn D PLACEK; Monserrat SOLER; Thomas VARDY; Jonathan WEIGEL; Dimitris XYGALATAS a Cody ROSS. The moralization bias of gods’ minds : a cross-cultural test. Religion, Brain & Behavior. ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2022, roč. 12, 1-2, s. 38-60. ISSN 2153-599X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006291. URL info
• SOLER, Montserrat; Benjamin PURZYCKI a Martin LANG. Perceptions of moralizing agents and cooperative behavior in Northeastern Brazil. Religion, Brain & Behavior. 2022, roč. 12, 1-2, s. 132-149. ISSN 2153-599X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006285. URL info
• PURZYCKI, Benjamin; Martin LANG; Joseph HENRICH a Ara NORENZAYAN. The Evolution of Religion and Morality project : reflections and looking ahead. Religion, Brain & Behavior. ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2022, roč. 12, 1-2, s. 190-211. ISSN 2153-599X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2021.2021546. URL info
• LANG, Martin; Radim CHVAJA; Benjamin PURZYCKI; David VÁCLAVÍK a Rostislav STANĚK. Advertising cooperative phenotype through costly signals facilitates collective action. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE. London: THE ROYAL SOCIETY, 2022, roč. 9, č. 5, s. 1-19. ISSN 2054-5703. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202202. URL info
• LANG, Martin; Jan KRÁTKÝ a Dimitrios XYGALATAS. Effects of predictable behavioral patterns on anxiety dynamics. Scientific Reports. London: Nature Portfolio, 2022, roč. 12, č. 1, s. 1-9. ISSN 2045-2322. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23885-4. URL info
• BEHEIM, Bret; Quentin D. ATKINSON; Joseph BULBULIA; Will GERVAIS; Russel D. GRAY; Joseph HENRICH; Martin LANG; M. Willis MONROE; Michael MUTHUKRISHNA; Ara NORENZAYAN; Benjamin Grant PURZYCKI; Azim SHARIFF; Edward SLINGERLAND; Rachel SPICER a Aiyana K. WILLARD. Treatment of missing data determined conclusions regarding moralizing gods. Nature. LONDON: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2021, roč. 595, č. 7866, s. "E29"-"E34", 6 s. ISSN 0028-0836. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03655-4. URL info
• XYGALATAS, Dimitrios; Peter MAŇO; Vladimír BAHNA; Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ; Radek KUNDT; Martin LANG a John Hayward SHAVER. Social inequality and signaling in a costly ritual. Evolution and Human Behavior. 2021, roč. 42, č. 6, s. 524-533. ISSN 1090-5138. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2021.05.006. URL info
• SHAVER, John Hayward; Thomas AJ WHITE; Patrick VAKAOTI a Martin LANG. A comparison of self-report, systematic observation and third-party judgments of church attendance in a rural Fijian Village. PLOS ONE. Public Library of Science, 2021, roč. 16, 10 October, s. 1-13. ISSN 1932-6203. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257160. URL info
• LANG, Martin. Multifunctional Religious Systems and Perturbed Dynamics of Psychological Wellbeing. Religion, Brain & Behavior. London: Routledge, 2020, roč. 10, č. 2, s. 179-184. ISSN 2153-5981. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2018.1532454. URL info
• LANG, Martin a Radek KUNDT. Evolutionary, Cognitive, and Contextual Approaches to the Study of Religious Systems : A Proposition of Synthesis. Method and Theory in the Study of Religion. Journal of the North American Association for the Study of Religion. Leiden-Boston-Koeln: Brill, 2020, roč. 32, č. 1, s. 1-46. ISSN 0943-3058. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1163/15700682-12341466. URL info
• LANG, Martin; Jan KRÁTKÝ a Dimitrios XYGALATAS. The role of ritual behaviour in anxiety reduction : an investigation of Marathi religious practices in Mauritius. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. LONDON: Royal Society, 2020, roč. 375, č. 1805, s. 1-8. ISSN 0962-8436. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0431. URL info
• NICHOLS, Aaron; Martin LANG; Christopher KAVANAGH; Radek KUNDT; Junko YAMADA; Dan ARIELY a Panagiotis MITKIDIS. Replicating and extending the effects of auditory religious cues on dishonest behavior. PLoS ONE. San Francisco: Public Library of Science, 2020, roč. 15, č. 8, s. 1-20. ISSN 1932-6203. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237007. URL info
• PURZYCKI, Benjamin Grant a Martin LANG. Identity fusion, outgroup relations, and sacrifice : A cross-cultural test. Cognition. Netherlands, 2019, roč. 186, NA, s. 1-6. ISSN 0010-0277. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2019.01.015. URL info
• LANG, Martin; Benjamin G PURZYCKI; Coren L APICELLA; Quentin D ATKINSON; Alexander BOLYANATZ; Emma COHEN; Carla HANDLEY; Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ; Carolyn LESOROGOL; Sarah MATHEW; Rita A MCNAMARA; Cristina MOYA; Caitlyn D PLACEK; Montserrat SOLER; Thomas VARDY; Jonathan L WEIGEL; Aiyana K WILLARD; Dimitris XYGALATAS; Ara NORENZAYAN a Joseph HENRICH. Moralizing gods, impartiality and religious parochialism across 15 societies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. The Royal Society Publishing, 2019, roč. 286, č. 1898, s. 1-10. ISSN 0962-8452. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0202. URL info
• XYGALATAS, Dimitrios; Sammyh KHAN; Martin LANG; Radek KUNDT; Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ; Jan KRÁTKÝ a John Hayward SHAVER. Effects of Extreme Ritual Practices on Psychophysiological Well-Being. Current Anthropology. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2019, roč. 60, č. 5, s. 699-707. ISSN 0011-3204. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1086/705665. URL info
• LANG, Martin. The evolutionary paths to collective rituals : An interdisciplinary perspective on the origins and functions of the basic social act. Archive for the Psychology of Religion. 2019, roč. 41, č. 3, s. 224-252. ISSN 0084-6724. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1177/0084672419894682. URL info
• SHAVER, John Hayward; Martin LANG; Jan KRÁTKÝ; Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ; Radek KUNDT a Dimitrios XYGALATAS. The Boundaries of Trust : Cross-Religious and Cross-Ethnic Field Experiments in Mauritius. Evolutionary Psychology. 2018, roč. 16, č. 4, s. 1-15. ISSN 1474-7049. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704918817644. URL info
• SHAVER, John Hayward; Susan DIVIETRO; Martin LANG a Richard SOSIS. Costs do not Explain Trust among Secular Groups. Journal of Cognition and Culture. Brill, 2018, roč. 18, 1-2, s. 180-204. ISSN 1567-7095. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1163/15685373-12340025. URL info
• LANG, Martin a Radek KUNDT. Can predictive coding explain past experiences? London: Routledge, 2017, 3 s. Religion, Brain & Behavior, roč. 7, č. 1, s. 71-73. ISSN 2153-599X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2016.1150332. URL info
• LANG, Martin a Richard SOSIS. Uncertain Malinowski: The Importance of Preritual Stress Data. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2017, 3 s. Current Anthropology, roč. 58, č. 2, s. 276-278. ISSN 0011-3204. URL info
• LANG, Martin; Vladimír BAHNA; John Hayward SHAVER; Paul REDDISH a Dimitrios XYGALATAS. Sync to link : Endorphin-mediated synchrony effects on cooperation. Biological Psychology. ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2017, roč. 127, July 2017, s. 191-197. ISSN 0301-0511. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.06.001. URL info
• LANG, Martin; Daniel Joel SHAW; Paul REDDISH; Sebastian Ernst WALLOT; Panagiotis MITKIDIS a Dimitrios XYGALATAS. Lost in the Rhythm : Effects of Rhythm on Subsequent Interpersonal Coordination. Cognitive Science. 2016, roč. 40, č. 7, s. 1797-1815. ISSN 0364-0213. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12302. URL info
• LANG, Martin; Panagiotis MITKIDIS; Radek KUNDT; Aaron NICHOLS; Lenka KRAJČÍKOVÁ a Dimitrios XYGALATAS. Music as a sacred cue? Effects of religious music on moral behavior. Frontiers in Psychology. Lausanne: Frontiers Research Foundation, 2016, roč. 7, č. 814, s. 1-13. ISSN 1664-1078. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00814. URL info
• XYGALATAS, Dimitrios a Martin LANG. Religion and Prosociality. Online. In Clements, Niki K. Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks. Religion: Mental Religion. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2016, s. 119-133. ISBN 978-0-02-866353-1. URL info
• PAZHOOHI, Farid; Martin LANG; Dimitrios XYGALATAS a Karl GRAMMER. Religious Veiling as a Mate-Guarding Strategy: Effects of Environmental Pressures on Cultural Practices. Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer International Publishing, 2016, roč. 3, č. 2, s. 118-124. ISSN 2198-9885. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-016-0079-z. URL info
• LANG, Martin; Jan KRÁTKÝ; John SHAVER; Danijela JEROTIJEVIĆ a Dimitrios XYGALATAS. Effects of Anxiety on Spontaneous Ritualized Behavior. Current Biology. London: Elsevier Science, 2015, roč. 25, č. 14, s. 1892-1897. ISSN 0960-9822. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.05.049. URL info

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