My baby doesn't smell as bad as yours. The plasticity of disgust

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 357-365

  Case, Trevor I ^a   Repacholi, Betty M ^b   Stevenson, Richard J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diapers; Disease avoidance; Disgust; Evolution; Odor; Source effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747202154     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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