The behavioural immune system and pandemic psychology: The evolved psychology of disease-avoidance and its implications for attitudes, behaviour, and public …
This article provides an overview of the “behavioural immune system”–a suite of
psychological mechanisms that complements immunological defences by motivating pre …
psychological mechanisms that complements immunological defences by motivating pre …
Infection threat shapes our social instincts
We social animals must balance the need to avoid infections with the need to interact with
conspecifics. To that end we have evolved, alongside our physiological immune system, a …
conspecifics. To that end we have evolved, alongside our physiological immune system, a …
[PDF][PDF] When in danger, turn right: Does COVID-19 threat promote social conservatism and right-wing presidential candidates?
Abstract Drawing upon the Parasite Model of Democratization across two preregistered
experiments conducted in the USA and Poland (total N= 1,237), we examined the …
experiments conducted in the USA and Poland (total N= 1,237), we examined the …
The psychological and socio-political consequences of infectious diseases: Authoritarianism, governance, and nonzoonotic (human-to-human) infection transmission
What are the socio-political consequences of infectious diseases? Humans have evolved to
avoid disease and infection, resulting in a set of psychological mechanisms that promote …
avoid disease and infection, resulting in a set of psychological mechanisms that promote …
Supernatural explanations across 114 societies are more common for natural than social phenomena
Humans across the globe use supernatural beliefs to explain the world around them. This
article explores whether cultural groups invoke the supernatural more to explain natural …
article explores whether cultural groups invoke the supernatural more to explain natural …
Culture and global societal threats: COVID-19 as a pathogen threat to humanity
The COVID-19 global pandemic has brought into sharp focus the urgency of tackling the
question of how globalized humanity responds to a global societal threat, which can …
question of how globalized humanity responds to a global societal threat, which can …
[HTML][HTML] Pathogens are linked to human moral systems across time and space
Infectious diseases have been an impending threat to the survival of individuals and groups
throughout our evolutionary history. As a result, humans have developed psychological …
throughout our evolutionary history. As a result, humans have developed psychological …
[PDF][PDF] Ostracizing group members who can (or cannot) control being burdensome
Previous research has postulated effects of environmental stress on ingroup/outgroup
thinking: The higher the pathogenic risk and the perceived vulnerability to it, the higher the …
thinking: The higher the pathogenic risk and the perceived vulnerability to it, the higher the …
Ecological Threats and Cultural Systems: Epidemics and Natural Disasters Do Not Predict Collectivism
S Shapouri, Y Rafiee - Human Nature, 2024 - Springer
Considering the role of human interactions in infectious disease outbreaks and cooperation
in mitigating natural disasters consequences, ecological threats to human survival have …
in mitigating natural disasters consequences, ecological threats to human survival have …
Neighbours and relatives: accounting for spatial distribution when testing causal hypotheses in cultural evolution
L Bromham, KJ Yaxley - Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2023 - cambridge.org
Many important and interesting hypotheses about cultural evolution are evaluated using
cross-cultural correlations: if knowing one particular feature of a culture (eg environmental …
cross-cultural correlations: if knowing one particular feature of a culture (eg environmental …