Rituals as Social Glue: Synchrony and Pain on the Cooperation of Humans
Rituals are universal in all societies. What are the mechanisms that have led strangers to cooperate , resulting in widespread complex societies? Why would humans voluntarily place themselves into painful ritualistic acts? Synchronized movement and physical discomfort are common features of rituals....
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| author | Tan, Jun Hao |
| author2 | Joyce Pang Shu Min |
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| description | Rituals are universal in all societies. What are the mechanisms that have led strangers to cooperate , resulting in widespread complex societies? Why would humans voluntarily place themselves into painful ritualistic acts? Synchronized movement and physical discomfort are common features of rituals. We believe that these features can help explain the above questions. [2nd Award] |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/837172020-09-27T20:27:15Z Rituals as Social Glue: Synchrony and Pain on the Cooperation of Humans Tan, Jun Hao Joyce Pang Shu Min School of Social Sciences Rituals are universal in all societies. What are the mechanisms that have led strangers to cooperate , resulting in widespread complex societies? Why would humans voluntarily place themselves into painful ritualistic acts? Synchronized movement and physical discomfort are common features of rituals. We believe that these features can help explain the above questions. [2nd Award] 2017-07-12T04:56:04Z 2019-12-06T15:28:40Z 2017-07-12T04:56:04Z 2019-12-06T15:28:40Z 2017 Student Research Poster Tan, J. H. (2017, March). Rituals as Social Glue: Synchrony and Pain on the Cooperation of Humans. Presented at Discover URECA @ NTU poster exhibition and competition, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83717 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42827 en © 2017 The Author(s). application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Tan, Jun Hao Rituals as Social Glue: Synchrony and Pain on the Cooperation of Humans |
| title | Rituals as Social Glue: Synchrony and Pain on the Cooperation of Humans |
| title_full | Rituals as Social Glue: Synchrony and Pain on the Cooperation of Humans |
| title_fullStr | Rituals as Social Glue: Synchrony and Pain on the Cooperation of Humans |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rituals as Social Glue: Synchrony and Pain on the Cooperation of Humans |
| title_short | Rituals as Social Glue: Synchrony and Pain on the Cooperation of Humans |
| title_sort | rituals as social glue synchrony and pain on the cooperation of humans |
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