Beginnings of rituals : the role of prediction in human
cooperative behavior

k 2012

Beginnings of rituals : the role of prediction in human cooperative behavior

LANG, Martin

Základní údaje

Originální název

Beginnings of rituals : the role of prediction in human cooperative behavior

Autoři

LANG, Martin (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Ends and Beginings, EASR Annual Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 2012

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Stát vydavatele

Švédsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/12:00060773

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

joint-action; mirror-neurons system; predictive coding; ritualized behavior; synchronization

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam

Změněno: 8. 4. 2013 16:20, Mgr. Vendula Hromádková

Anotace

V originále

In 1912, Durkheim defined rituals as "ways of acting that are generated only within assembled groups and are meant to stimulate and sustain or recreate certain mental states in these groups." After 100 years, due to technological advancement, we can better understand what these mental states are and how they are evoked. Moreover, we can investigate how different ritual behaviors affect our evolved brains, possibly inducing feelings of rapport and entitativity. This can be done through measuring tangible mechanisms of human cognition. One of the basic mechanisms, operating on different levels of brain hierarchy, is a prediction of sensory outcomes of motor behavior. However, as suggested by some leading neuroscientists, this principle can be reversed and used for understanding actions of others. On basis of sensory inputs gained by observing behaviors of others, we are constantly creating predictions of their future behaviors (on a kinematic, goal and intention level) and trying to minimize a prediction error. This is crucial not only for understanding actions of others, but also for coordination of movements in joint tasks leading to better performance and more successful cooperation. The main interest of this paper is the role of ritualized behavior in minimizing the prediction error. Are rituals predictable for their participants? Is it possible that rituals induce feelings of better cooperation through minimizing the prediction errors? And if yes, what types of rituals can have these properties? These and other questions will be discussed in the paper focused on the predictive mechanism of human brain.

Návaznosti

EE2.3.20.0048, projekt VaV

Název: Laboratoř pro experimentální výzkum náboženství

Citovat

LANG, Martin. Beginnings of rituals : the role of prediction in human cooperative behavior. In Ends and Beginings, EASR Annual Conference, Stockholm, Sweden. 2012.

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ER  -

LANG, Martin. Beginnings of rituals : the role of prediction in human cooperative behavior. In \textit{Ends and Beginings, EASR Annual Conference, Stockholm, Sweden}. 2012.

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