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Drumming Rituals

Drumming Rituals is a healing ritual that employs rhythmic percussion as a core modality to induce altered states of consciousness, facilitate spiritual engagement, and promote psychological or physiological restoration within individual or communal therapeutic practices.

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1.3K

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72

Authors

17

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2017–2026

2

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Publications

39

A physiological explanation of unusual behavior in ceremonies involving drums.

Andrew Neher · PubMed · 1962 · 151 citations

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Drumming in Akan Communities of Ghana

Alan P. Merriam, J. H. Kwabena Nketia · Ethnomusicology · 1965 · 111 citations

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Joint Drumming in Brazilian and German Preschool Children

Sebastian Kirschner, Beatriz Ilari · Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology · 2013 · 97 citations · Full text

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Evolution and Function of Drumming as Communication in Mammals1

Jan A. Randall · American Zoologist · 2001 · 87 citations

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DRUM‐PD: The Use of a Drum Circle to Improve the Symptoms and Signs of Parkinson's Disease (PD)

Alexander Pantelyat, Candace Syres, Suzanne Reichwein et al. · Movement Disorders Clinical Practice · 2015 · 57 citations · Full text

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Authors

72

  1. JH
    J. H. Kwabena Nketia

    University of Ghana, Ghana

    2 publications · 137 citations

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  2. JR
    Jerry Rutsate

    2 publications · 26 citations

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  3. MA
    Maureen A. Wimsatt

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    1 publications · 55 citations

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  4. AK
    Amy K. Stillman

    Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum, United States

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  5. UR
    U.B. Ramanayake

    1 publications · 19 citations

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Institutions

17

  1. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    73 citations

  2. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    45 citations

  3. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    97 citations

  4. Duke Medical Center

    Durham, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    50 citations

  5. Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Baltimore, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    57 citations

  6. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    171 citations

  7. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    75 citations

  8. Volkswagen Foundation

    Hanover, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

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Venues

  1. Yearbook for Traditional Music

    5 publications · 100 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 60 citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 3 publications · 209 citations

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  4. Journal of Wildlife Management

    3 publications · 105 citations

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  5. Ghana Studies

    2 publications · 39 citations

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