M Schaller - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Because immunological defence against pathogens is costly and merely reactive, human anti-pathogen defence is also characterized by proactive behavioural mechanisms that …
DR Murray, M Schaller - Advances in experimental social psychology, 2016 - Elsevier
The “behavioral immune system” is a motivational system that evolved as a means of inhibiting contact with disease-causing parasites and that, in contemporary human societies …
M Schaller, JH Park - Current directions in psychological …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Like many other animals, human beings engage in behavioral defenses against infectious pathogens. The behavioral immune system consists of a suite of psychological mechanisms …
Humans likely evolved precautionary systems designed to minimize the threats to reproductive fitness posed by highly interdependent ultrasociality. A review of research on …
Observational studies have suggested that with time, some diseases result in a characteristic odor emanating from different sources on the body of a sick individual …
Compared with living free, the parasitic way of life has many attractions. Parasites create problems for all animals. Potential hosts can respond by learning to live with parasites …
DR Murray, R Trudeau… - Personality and Social …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
What are the origins of cultural differences in conformity? The authors deduce the hypothesis that these cultural differences may reflect historical variability in the prevalence of …
Let's talk first about parasites. Given the persistent influence that bacteria, viruses, and other parasites have had on human evolution (Van Blerkom, 2003), it's astonishing that so little …
VH Perry - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2004 - Elsevier
Systemic inflammation is associated with sickness behaviour and signals pass from the blood to the brain via macrophage populations associated with the brain, the perivascular …