Disgust sensitivity and the neurophysiology of left-right political orientations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Smith, Kevin B ^a   Oxley, Douglas ^b   Hibbing, Matthew V ^c   Alford, John R ^d   Hibbing, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISGUST; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; GAY MARRIAGE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; POLITICS;

EMOTIONS; HUMANS; POLITICS;

EID: 80054777218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025552     Document Type: Article

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