Disgust: The disease-avoidance emotion and its dysfunctions

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1583, 2011, Pages 3453-3465

  Davey, Graham C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Disease avoidance; Disgust; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BLOOD; COGNITION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; INJURY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE;

EID: 80055091489     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0039     Document Type: Review

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