The Inclusive Behavioral Immune System [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Although living in social groups offers many advantages, it comes at a cost of increased transmissible disease. The behavioral immune system (BIS) is thought to have evolved as a first line of defense against such infections.
Keren Shakhar
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PsychoBehavioroimmunology: Connecting the Behavioral Immune System to Its Physiological Foundations [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Although infectious disease has posed a significant and persistent threat to human survival and welfare throughout history, only recently have the psychological and behavioral implications of disease threat become a topic of research within the ...
Damian R. Murray +2 more
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Editorial: Behavioral Immune System: Its Psychological Bases and Functions [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Kazunori Iwasa +2 more
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Behavioral immune system activity predicts downregulation of chronic basal inflammation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Here, we present a mechanistically grounded theory detailing a novel function of the behavioral immune system (BIS), the psychological system that prompts pathogen avoidance behaviors.
Jeffrey Gassen +17 more
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How is the behavioral immune system related to hygiene behaviors?
Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 2023 Infectious diseases present serious threats to our fitness. The biological immune system provides several mechanisms for dealing with these threats. So too does another system: the behavioral immune system.
Alexandra S. Wormley +1 more
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Visual Perception of Moisture Is a Pathogen Detection Mechanism of the Behavioral Immune System [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 The behavioral immune system (BIS) includes perceptual mechanisms for detecting cues of contamination. Former studies have indicated that moisture has a disgusting property.
Kazunori Iwasa +3 more
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Do Islanders Have a More Reactive Behavioral Immune System? Social Cognitions and Preferred Interpersonal Distances During the COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Insular populations have traditionally drawn a lot of attention from epidemiologists as they provide important insights regarding transmission of infectious diseases and propagation of epidemics.
Ivana Hromatko +2 more
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A strategic behavioral-based intelligent transport system with artificial immune system [PDF]
2004 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37583), 2004 This paper presents a distributed control framework based on human immunity to manage, coordinate and schedule a fleet of agents employed in an automated transport system.
Lau, HYK, Wong, VWK
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Behavioral Immune System Responses to Coronavirus: A Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory Explanation of Conformity, Warmth Toward Others and Attitudes Toward Lockdown [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Behavioral immune system (BIS) describes psychological mechanisms that detect cues to infectious pathogens in the immediate environment, trigger disease-relevant responses and facilitate behavioral avoidance/escape.
Alison M. Bacon, Philip J. Corr
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Preregistered Direct Replication of "Sick Body, Vigilant Mind: The Biological Immune System Activates the Behavioral Immune System". [PDF]
Psychol Sci, 2020 The tendency to attend to and avoid cues to pathogens varies across individuals and contexts. Researchers have proposed that this variation is partially driven by immunological vulnerability to infection, though support for this hypothesis is equivocal. One key piece of evidence (Miller & Maner, 2011) shows that participants who have recently been
Tybur JM +4 more
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