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Resting parasympathetic activity is associated with malodor‐induced change in perceived foreignness of speakers

Brain and Behavior, 2023
Introduction To protect against infection, individuals have evolved context‐dependent pathogen‐avoidant strategies, including selective social behaviors aimed at avoiding foreign individuals who may possess greater risk of infection.
Kelly E. Faig, Elizabeth A. Necka, Karen E. Smith, Stephanie J. Dimitroff, Greg J. Norman   +4 more
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Viral Viruses and Modified Mobility: Cyberspace Disease Salience Predicts Human Movement Patterns [PDF]

Journal of Sustainable Marketing, 2023
Humans have a motivational system that influences cognition and behavior to minimize the risk of contact with pathogens. This research examines the relationship between cyberspace disease salience and mobility behavior at the macro and micro levels ...
Michał Folwarczny, Nils Magne Larsen, Tobias Otterbring, Agata Gasiorowska, Valdimar Sigurdsson   +4 more
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Maternal immune activation and strain specific interactions in the development of autism-like behaviors in mice. [PDF]

, 2013
It is becoming increasingly apparent that the causes of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are due to both genetic and environmental factors. Animal studies provide important translational models for elucidating specific genetic or environmental factors ...
Ashwood, P, Berman, RF, Careaga, M, Onore, CE, Rushakoff, JA, Schwartzer, JJ   +5 more
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Allergic fetal priming leads to developmental, behavioral and neurobiological changes in mice. [PDF]

, 2015
The state of the mother's immune system during pregnancy has an important role in fetal development and disruptions in the balance of this system are associated with a range of neurologic, neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders ...
Ashwood, P, Careaga, M, Chang, C, Onore, CE, Schwartzer, JJ   +4 more
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Why Do People (Not) Engage in Social Distancing? Proximate and Ultimate Analyses of Norm-Following During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
COVID-19 has had a profound negative effect on many aspects of human life. While pharmacological solutions are being developed and implemented, the onus of mitigating the impact of the virus falls, in part, on individual citizens and their adherence to ...
James O. Norton, Kortnee C. Evans, Ayten Yesim Semchenko, Laith Al-Shawaf, Laith Al-Shawaf, David M. G. Lewis, David M. G. Lewis   +6 more
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From traumatic childhood to cocaine abuse: the critical function of the immune system [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Experiencing traumatic childhood is a risk factor for developing substance use disorder (SUD), but the mechanisms that underlie this relationship have not been determined.
Aricò, Eleonora, Bussone, Silvia, Carola, Valeria, Casella, Pietro, Catale, Clarissa, Chiurchiù, Valerio, Di Sabato, Paola, D’Argenio, Alberto, Guatteo, Ezia, Lo Iacono, Luisa, Maccarrone, Mauro, Martini, Alessandro, Mercuri, Nicola B., Perrone, Fabiana, Puglisi-Allegra, Stefano, Troisi, Alfonso, Valzania, Alessandro, Viscomi, Maria Teresa   +17 more
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Body Odor Disgust Sensitivity Predicts Moral Harshness Toward Moral Violations of Purity

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
Detecting pathogen threats and avoiding disease is fundamental to human survival. The behavioral immune system (BIS) framework outlines a set of psychological functions that may have evolved for this purpose.
Marco Tullio Liuzza, Jonas K. Olofsson, Sebastian Cancino-Montecinos, Torun Lindholm   +3 more
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Pathogen Threat and In-group Cooperation

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Disease-causing parasites and pathogens play a pivotal role in intergroup behavior. Previous studies have suggested that the selection pressure posed by pathogen threat has resulted in in-group assortative sociality, including xenophobia and in-group ...
Hirotaka Imada, Nobuhiro Mifune
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Contagious Health Risk and Precautionary Social Distancing

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
BackgroundSince humans are social animals, social relations are incredibly important. However, in cases of contagious diseases such as the flu, social contacts also pose a health risk.
Helge Giese, Martina Gamp, F. Marijn Stok, F. Marijn Stok, Wolfgang Gaissmaier, Harald T. Schupp, Britta Renner   +6 more
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Are Low Testosterone and Sex Differences in Immune Responses Causing Mass Hysteria during the Coronavirus Pandemic?

Science & Philosophy, 2020
By integrating the entire body of research in human sexual dynamics, immune responses, and sociocultural behavior, we can conclude that the mass hysteria our society is currently experiencing originates in our evolved psychological adaptations to ...
Roy Barzilai
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