Exposed intestines and contaminated cooks: Sex, stress, & satiation predict disgust sensitivity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 698-702

  Al Shawaf, Laith ^a   Lewis, David M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Context effects; Disgust; DS R; Evolution; Individual differences; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873526274     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.11.016     Document Type: Article

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