Emotions are fundamental to our experience and behavior, affecting and motivating all
aspects of our lives. Scientists of various disciplines have been fascinated by emotions for …

The processes underwriting the acquisition of culture remain unclear. How are shared
habits, norms, and expectations learned and maintained with precision and reliability across …

Biophobia refers to a fear of living things, which leads to alienation from nature. The
literature examining the underlying mechanisms and treatment of biophobia is sparse. This …

There have been few tests of whether exposure to naturalistic or experimental disease-
threat inductions alter disgust sensitivity, although it has been hypothesized that this should …

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 …

Disgust can be acquired via evaluative conditioning; a process by which a neutral stimulus
(conditioned stimulus; CS) comes to be evaluated as disgusting due to its pairing with an …

Although the evolutionary causes and consequences of pathogen avoidance have been
gaining increasing interest, there has been less attention paid to the proximate …

All animals are under the constant threat of attack by parasites. The mere presence of
parasite threat can alter behavior before infection takes place. These effects involve …

Disgust is a vital emotion in the avoidance of illness. Human adults across cultures show
disgust towards sources of potential contamination or pathogens, and elect to avoid their …

Reluctance to eat new foods, known as food neophobia, is well researched in children but
not adults. Two studies were carried out to understand the emotional, sensory, and cognitive …