Body, psyche, and culture: The relationship between disgust and morality

Psychology and Developing Societies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-131

  Haidt, Jonathan ^a   Rozin, Paul ^b   McCauley, Clark ^c   Imada, Sumio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^d HIROSHIMA SHUDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0000005952     PISSN: 09713336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097133369700900105     Document Type: Article

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