Disease avoidance as a functional basis for stigmatization

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1583, 2011, Pages 3433-3452

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

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contamination; Disgust; Moralization; Stigmatization

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; COGNITION; CONSPECIFIC; CULTURE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SYMPTOM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80055100037     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0095     Document Type: Article

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