People vary in the degree to which they experience disgust toward—and, consequently,
avoid—cues to pathogens. Prodigious work has measured this variation and observed that it …

Over 20 years have passed since magical contagion was first introduced to psychology; we
discuss how psychological and consumer behavior findings since then have deepened our …

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 …

People who are more avoidant of pathogens are more politically conservative, as are
nations with greater parasite stress. In the current research, we test two prominent …

Where did we come from? What is our connection with other life forms? What are the
mechanisms of mind that define what it means to be a human being? Evolutionary …

Behavioral-immune-system research has illuminated how people detect and avoid signs of
infectious disease. But how do we regulate exposure to pathogens that produce no …

Multiple recent studies report that measures of pathogen avoidance (eg, disgust sensitivity)
correlate with political ideology. This relationship has been interpreted as suggesting that …

Federal, state, and city governments spend substantial funds on programs intended to aid
homeless people, and such programs attract widespread public support. In recent years …

The emotion disgust motivates costly behavioral strategies that mitigate against potentially
larger costs associated with pathogens, sexual behavior, and moral transgressions …

People make trait inferences based on facial appearance, and these inferences guide social
approach and avoidance. Here, we investigate the effects of textural features on trait …