Mohammad Amin Saraei
Graduate Student
Psychological Sciences
Concentration
Ecological Psychology
Advisor
Dimitris Xygalatas
Anticipated Graduation
2027
Education
M.A. Clinical Psychology, Azard University, 2018
B.A. Psychology, Azad University, 2014
Research Interests
Cognitive science of rituals
Neuroscience of religious and spiritual experiences
Spiritual and religious psychotherapies
Positive psychology
Publications
Saraei, M., Paxton, A., & Xygalatas, D. (2024). Aligned bodies, united hearts: embodied emotional dynamics of an Islamic ritual. Philosophical Transactions B, 379(1911), 20230162.
Saraei, M., & Johnson, K. A. (2023). Disappointment with and Uncertainty about God Predict Heightened COVID-19 Anxiety among Persian Muslims. Religions, 14(1), 74.
Saraei, M., Newberg, A. B., Hosseini, S. R., Bayati, T., & Batouli, S. A. H. (2023). Comparing the three states of Dhikr, meditation, and thinking about God: an fMRI study. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 13(1), 5-17.
Rezvanian, S., Saraei, M., Mohajeri, H., & Hassani-Abharian, P. (2022). The effect of different transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) protocols on drug craving and cognitive functions in methamphetamine addicts. Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, 13(3), 349.
Alizadehfard, S*., & Saraei, M. (2019). The Effectiveness of Time Perspective Change Training on Anxiety and Self-Efficacy in Children Labors. Contemporary Psychology, Biannual Journal of the Iranian Psychological Association, 14(1), 61-68.
