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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The behavioral immune system and vaccination intentions during the coronavirus pandemic [PDF]
Pers Individ Dif, 2021 The behavioral immune system is considered to be a psychological adaptation that decreases the risk of infection. Research suggests that, in the current environment, this system can produce attitudes with negative health consequences, such as increased ...
Linda C. Karlsson +8 more
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The behavioral immune system in action: Psychological correlates of pathogen disgust sensitivity in healthcare professionals working in a COVID-19 hospital [PDF]
Physiol Behav, 2022 The behavioral immune system includes a set of proactive mechanisms that inhibit contact with pathogens in the first place. These mechanisms offer a sort of psychological and behavioral prophylaxis against infection.
A. Troisi +3 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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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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Pathogens and Immigrants: A Critical Appraisal of the Behavioral Immune System as an Explanation of Prejudice Against Ethnic Outgroups [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 The last two decades have seen the development of a body of literature in evolutionary psychology that seeks to attribute negative attitudes to ethnic and racial minorities and other outgroups to an evolved behavioral immune system (BIS). It hypothesizes
Isabel Kusche +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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The influence of face mask on social spaces depends on the behavioral immune system [PDF]
Front Neurosci, 2022 Interacting with objects and people requires specifying localized spaces where these interactions can take place. Previous studies suggest that the space for interacting with objects (i.e., the peripersonal space) contributes to defining the space for ...
Laurie Geers, Y. Coello
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