Parasite stress and pathogen avoidance relate to distinct dimensions of political ideology across 30 nations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 44, 2016, Pages 12408-12413

  Tybur, Joshua M ^a   Inbar, Yoel ^b   Aarøe, Lene ^c   Barclay, Pat ^d   Barlowe, Fiona Kate ^e   De Barra, Mícheál ^f,g   Beckerh, D Vaughn ^h   Borovoi, Leah ⁱ   Choi, Incheol ^j   Choik, Jong An ^j   Consedine, Nathan S ^k   Conway, Alan ^l   Conway, Jane Rebecca ^m   Conway, Paul ^n,o   Adoric, Vera Cubela ^p   Demirci, Dilara Ekin ^q   Fernández, Ana María ^r   Ferreirat, Diogo Conque Seco ^s   Ishii, Keiko ^t   Jakšic, Ivana ^u   Ji, Tingting ^a   Van Leeuwen, Florian ^c   Lewis, David M G ^v   Li, Norman P ^w   McIntyre, Jason C ^x   Mukherjee, Sumitava ^y   Park, Justin H ^z   Pawlowski, Boguslaw ^aa   Petersen, Michael Bang ^c   Pizarro, David ^ab   Prodromitis, Gerasimos ^ac   Prokop, Pavol ^ad,ae   Rantala, Markus J ^af   Reynolds, Lisa M ^k   Sandin, Bonifacio ^ag   Sevi, Bariş ^q   De Smet, Delphine ^ah   Srinivasan, Narayanan ^ai   Tewari, Shruti ^ai   Wilson, Cameron ^d   Yong, Jose C ^w   Žezelj, Iris ^u   more..

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h Arizona State University   (United States)

ⁱ OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^j Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^k UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^l UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^m KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ZADAR   (Croatia)

^q BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^r UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^s FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^t KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^u UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^v MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^w SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^x UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^y INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

^z UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^ab Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^ac PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^ad TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^ae INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^af UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^ag UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^ah GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

more..

Author keywords

Culture; Disgust; Evolutionary psychology; Pathogens; Political ideology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PATHOGENICITY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL NORM; STRESS; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; INDIVIDUALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARASITES; POLITICS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994365871     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1607398113     Document Type: Article

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