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Grounding together: Shared reality and cleansing practices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2021

Maya Rossignac-Milon Open the ORCID record for Maya Rossignac-Milon [Opens in a new window]  and
E. Tory Higgins Open the ORCID record for E. Tory Higgins [Opens in a new window]
Maya Rossignac-Milon
Affiliation:
Management Division, Columbia Business School, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 mr3352@columbia.edu
E. Tory Higgins
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027. eth1@columbia.edu
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Abstract

We propose that cleansing behaviors and other acts of separation or connection have more powerful effects when they are grounded in shared practices – in a shared reality. We conceptualize sensorimotor and shared reality effects as synergistic. Most potent should be physical behaviors performed collectively as a shared practice (e.g., communal bathing), grounded both in sensorimotor experience and in shared reality.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e20
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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