The association between disgust, danger and fear of macroparasites and human behaviour

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-62

  Prokop, Pavol ^a   Fančovičová, Jana ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Disgust; Fear; Human behaviour; Natural selection; Parasites

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953125288     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-010-0075-4     Document Type: Article

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