Disgust as a Disease-Avoidance Mechanism

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 303-321

  Oaten, Megan ^a   Stevenson, Richard J ^a   Case, Trevor I ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

contamination; disease avoidance; disgust; evolutionary origins; pathogen

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONFLICT; EMOTION; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; ODOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; EMOTIONS; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MORALS; MOTIVATION; PREJUDICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SMELL; SOCIAL VALUES; TOUCH;

EID: 61849141277     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014823     Document Type: Article

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