Risk taking is typically viewed through a lens of individual deficits (eg, impulsivity) or
normative influence (eg, peer pressure). An unexplored possibility is that shared group …

Disgust-evoking imagery is often used in charity advertising. Although research suggests
disgust has negative effects on prosocial behavior, few studies examine charity appeals …

I argue that the main existing accounts of the relationship between the beauty of
environmental entities and their moral standing are mistaken in important ways. Beauty does …

Under high pathogen threat, it is adaptive for humans to find mates with high
immunocompetence. Supporting this, research shows that pathogen cues increase humans' …

This study investigated how the prevalent visual depiction of obesity in the media promotes
stigmatization of obese individuals. Particularly, this study proposed and tested the two …

The following chapter is separated into two major parts. In the first part, the concept food
neophobia is explained and how it can be measured. In that vein, not only the established …

Prior research has indicated that disgust has specific behavioral and cognitive functions
related to rejection and elimination; however, whether these functions are present in …

Emotions are an important part of how audiences connect with health and risk messages.
Feelings such as fear, anger, joy, or empathy are not just byproducts of information …

Research in the field of emotion is characterized by inconsistencies in theory and in
empirical measurement of data. This systematic review of the measurement tools we use to …

The authors examine a prominent political advertisement from the 2012 Republican
primaries in two studies. In the first study, we frame the advertisement using Witte's definition …