Disgust as an adaptive system for disease avoidance behaviour

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1563, 2011, Pages 389-401

  Curtis, Valerie ^a   Barra, Mícheál De ^a   Aunger, Robert ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive variation; Disgust; Evolutionary psychology; Hygiene behaviour; Infectious disease; Manners

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HYGIENE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79951819355     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0117     Document Type: Article

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