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Economic Holobiont: Influence of Parasites, Microbiota and Chemosignals on Economic Behavior
The article is a perspective on utilization of microorganisms and chemosignals in studying human economic behavior. Research in biological roots of economic development has already confirmed that parasitic pressure influenced the creation and development of cultural norms and institutions. However,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5938411/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29765310 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00077 |
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description | The article is a perspective on utilization of microorganisms and chemosignals in studying human economic behavior. Research in biological roots of economic development has already confirmed that parasitic pressure influenced the creation and development of cultural norms and institutions. However, other effects of microorganisms on human groups and individual decision-making and behavior are heavily understudied. The perspective discusses how parasitic infections, sexually transmitted organisms and microbiota (i.e., “human holobiont”) could causally influence risk-seeking behavior, impulsivity, social dominance, empathy, political views and gender differences. As a case study, the parasite Toxoplasma gondii and its influence on economic preferences, personal characteristics and human appearance are examined. I also briefly review how chemosignals influence decision-making, particularly in the social preferences domain. I mention some predictions that arise from the paradigm of economic holobiont for the economic science. The conclusion summarizes limitations of the discussed findings and the stated speculations. |
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spelling | pubmed-59384112018-05-14 Economic Holobiont: Influence of Parasites, Microbiota and Chemosignals on Economic Behavior Houdek, Petr Front Behav Neurosci Neuroscience The article is a perspective on utilization of microorganisms and chemosignals in studying human economic behavior. Research in biological roots of economic development has already confirmed that parasitic pressure influenced the creation and development of cultural norms and institutions. However, other effects of microorganisms on human groups and individual decision-making and behavior are heavily understudied. The perspective discusses how parasitic infections, sexually transmitted organisms and microbiota (i.e., “human holobiont”) could causally influence risk-seeking behavior, impulsivity, social dominance, empathy, political views and gender differences. As a case study, the parasite Toxoplasma gondii and its influence on economic preferences, personal characteristics and human appearance are examined. I also briefly review how chemosignals influence decision-making, particularly in the social preferences domain. I mention some predictions that arise from the paradigm of economic holobiont for the economic science. The conclusion summarizes limitations of the discussed findings and the stated speculations. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5938411/ /pubmed/29765310 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00077 Text en Copyright © 2018 Houdek. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Neuroscience Houdek, Petr Economic Holobiont: Influence of Parasites, Microbiota and Chemosignals on Economic Behavior |
title | Economic Holobiont: Influence of Parasites, Microbiota and Chemosignals on Economic Behavior |
title_full | Economic Holobiont: Influence of Parasites, Microbiota and Chemosignals on Economic Behavior |
title_fullStr | Economic Holobiont: Influence of Parasites, Microbiota and Chemosignals on Economic Behavior |
title_full_unstemmed | Economic Holobiont: Influence of Parasites, Microbiota and Chemosignals on Economic Behavior |
title_short | Economic Holobiont: Influence of Parasites, Microbiota and Chemosignals on Economic Behavior |
title_sort | economic holobiont: influence of parasites, microbiota and chemosignals on economic behavior |
topic | Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5938411/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29765310 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00077 |
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