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The relationship between disgust sensitivity and serum cytokine levels in non-pregnant women: a generalization of previous results on pregnant population [PDF]
Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - HealthThe behavioral immune system functions via the emotion of disgust, which triggers avoidant reactions that protect the individual from pathogens.
Daniela Dlouhá +3 more
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Sensitizing the Behavioral-Immune System: The Power of Social Pain
Social Psychology and Personality Science, 2022 People who believe they are invulnerable to infectious diseases often fail to protect themselves against the disease threats that others pose to them.
S. Murray +7 more
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Disgust sensitivity in early pregnancy as a response to high pathogen risk
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 IntroductionConsidered a part of the behavioral immune system (BIS), disgust sensitivity is expected to be adjusting as a response to the actual level of the environmental health risks.MethodsIn this preregistered study, we tested the hypothesis that ...
Šárka Kaňková +6 more
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Behavioral factors to modulate immunotherapy efficacy in cancer
Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Immune checkpoint inhibitors, including anti-PD-1 and anti-CTLA-4 therapies, are used to (re)activate the immune system to treat cancer. Despite promising results, a large group of patients does not respond to checkpoint inhibition.
C. Jongerius +12 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Body odors are universal elicitors of disgust, a core emotion that plays a key role in the behavioral immune system (BIS) – a set of psychological functions working to avoid disease.
Marta Zuzanna Zakrzewska +6 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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On the Origin of Shame: Does Shame Emerge From an Evolved Disease-Avoidance Architecture?
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2020 Shame and disgust are believed to be evolved psychological solutions to different adaptive challenges. Shame is thought to promote the maintenance of social hierarchies (Gilbert, 1997; Fessler, 2004), whereas disgust is believed to encourage disease ...
John A. Terrizzi Jr., Natalie J. Shook
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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 +6 more
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The Effect of Infectious Disease Threat on Malevolent Creativity
Journal of Intelligence, 2022 The behavioral immune system (BIS), which evolved to protect humans from infectious disease threats, prompts people to be sensitive to disease-connoting cues.
Mingzhe Zhao, Ke Zhang, Xiumin Du
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How does disgust regulate social rejection? a mini-review
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 The need to belong is a fundamental aspect of human nature. Over the past two decades, researchers have uncovered many harmful effects of social rejection. However, less work has examined the emotional antecedents to rejection. The purpose of the present
John A. Terrizzi +4 more
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