Opposite effects of estradiol and progesterone on woman's disgust processing

M Liu, X Zhang, Z He, Y Liang, B Zou, X Ma… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
… fewer feelings of disgust and longer RTs to pathogen stimuli … Conclusion: In summary, a
more negative attitude to disgust … with high progesterone levels, whereas lower disgust feelings …

The progesterone level, leukocyte count and disgust sensitivity across the menstrual cycle

A Żelaźniewicz, B Borkowska, J Nowak… - Physiology & …, 2016 - Elsevier
disgust sensitivity at the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle, when immune functions are
expected to change due to a rise in progesterone … was to test the correlation of disgust sensitivity …

Progesterone does raise disgust

P Bressan, P Kramer - Hormones and behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
… , progesterone reinforces behavioral immunity—by increasing proneness to disgust and …
sensitive manner, we show that progesterone not only raises disgust but does so in a way …

Is pathogen disgust increased on days of the menstrual cycle when progesterone is high? Evidence from a between-subjects study using estimated progesterone …

Y Rafiee, BC Jones, V Shiramizu - Adaptive Human Behavior and …, 2023 - Springer
… in the current study specifically to explore the possibility that progesterone-linked changes
in pathogen disgust are only evident in studies that are not subject to such carry-over effects (…

A specific association between facial disgust recognition and estradiol levels in naturally cycling women

SK Kamboj, KM Krol, HV Curran - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
… between progesterone and reaction times to facial expressions and a more specific association
between estradiol and disgust processing. Specifically, higher progesterone levels were …

The influence of oxytocin, progesterone and estrogen on disgust and its neurophysiological mechanism

X ZHANG, Y LEI, F WANG - Advances in Psychological Science, 2022 - journal.psych.ac.cn
… in oxytocin responses to health perception and disgust, with … : Disgust is an important basic
emotion for human beings and animals, and it derives from distasteful oral responses to bitter …

Hormonal correlates of pathogen disgust: testing the compensatory prophylaxis hypothesis

BC Jones, AC Hahn, CI Fisher, H Wang… - Evolution and Human …, 2018 - Elsevier
progesterone and pathogen disgust. To address this issue, we used a longitudinal design
to test for correlated changes in salivary progesterone and pathogen disgust (measured using …

Hormones, ovulatory cycle phase and pathogen disgust: A longitudinal investigation of the Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis

J Stern, V Shiramizu - Hormones and behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
… explanation that progesterone is not the driving factor that regulates disgust sensitivity,
we agree that other factors related to pregnancy might lead to upregulated disgust sensitivity. …

Association between Disgust Sensitivity during Pregnancy and Endogenous Steroids: A Longitudinal Study

Š Kaňková, D Dlouhá, J Ullmann, M Velíková… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
… these changes include immune markers and progesterone levels. This study aimed to assess
the association between steroids and disgust sensitivity in pregnancy. Using a prospective …

Disgust, sexual cues, and the prophylaxis hypothesis

AD Timmers, JA Bossio, ML Chivers - Evolutionary Psychological Science, 2018 - Springer
… (ie, attention and desire for solitary and dyadic sexual activity) in response to sexual and …
Surprisingly, progesterone was not significantly related to any of the dependent variables in …