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Disgust as an adaptive system for disease avoidance behaviour

Disgust is an evolved psychological system for protecting organisms from infection through disease avoidant behaviour. This ‘behavioural immune system’, present in a diverse array of species, exhibits universal features that orchestrate hygienic behaviour in response to cues of risk of contact with...

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Autores principales: Curtis, Valerie, de Barra, Mícheál, Aunger, Robert
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3013466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21199843
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0117