Facial disfigurement is treated like an infectious disease

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 639-646

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

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioral avoidance; Contamination; Disgust; Facial expression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867902463     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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