@article{fc71728e-5182-435e-bd9f-1924d67cd112,
author = {Jakub Bohuszewicz},
title = {The Role of Imitation in Induction of Ritual Trance. A Neurocognitive Perspective},
journal = {Studia Religiologica},
volume = {2012},
number = {Volume 45, Issue 3},
year = {2013},
issn = {0137-2432},
pages = {227-235},keywords = {induction of trance; shamanic trance state; role theory; mirror neuron system},
abstract = {A shamanic trance ritual begins with the introductory part, which can be defined as invocation of shamanic spirits. The formal structure of this invocation assumes playing a role, which in the practice of the ritual means imitation of the types of behaviour characterising a given spirit. Entering a trance is synonymous with the loss of the cognitive barrier dividing the persona of the shaman from the persona of the portrayed spirit; the shaman becomes the spirit. The conceptions of evolutionary psychologists are insufficient to explain this situation. The theoretical model proposed instead describes the transition from inductive actions to a trance state in terms of disinhibition of the system preventing repetition of an action recorded at the level of the mirror neurons.},
doi = {10.4467/20844077SR.12.018.0971},
url = {https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-religiologica/article/rola-imitacji-w-indukowaniu-transu-rytualnego-perspektywa-neurokognitywna}
}