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Recontextualizing the Behavioral Immune System Within Psychoneuroimmunology [PDF]

open access: yesEvolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 2014
We believe that the concept of the behavioral immune system (BIS) picks out an important set of phenomena, namely, the relationships between the immune system and disease-avoidant psychology. However, our enthusiasm is tempered by the recognition that (a) there are unresolved ambiguities in the BIS concept, which has been used in a variety of ...
Jason A. Clark, D. Fessler
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

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

open access: yesBrain 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Viral Viruses and Modified Mobility: Cyberspace Disease Salience Predicts Human Movement Patterns [PDF]

open access: yesJournal 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect on the Immune System in the Human Body Due to COVID-19: An Insight on Traditional to Modern Approach as a Preventive Measure

open access: yesJournal of Pharmacopuncture, 2021
The COVID-19, the most infectious pandemic disease arising due to SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) has caused huge issues globally.
Jugal Sutradhar, Bapi Ray Sarkar
doaj   +1 more source

Body Odor Disgust Sensitivity Predicts Moral Harshness Toward Moral Violations of Purity

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trust in Science, Perceived Vulnerability to Disease, and Adherence to Pharmacological and Non-pharmacological COVID-19 Recommendations

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Protection motivation theory (PMT) is a theoretical framework informative for understanding behavioral intentions and choices during exceptional and uncommon circumstances, such as a pandemic of respiratory infectious disease.
Ivana Hromatko   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The immune system and developmental programming of brain and behavior [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 2012
The brain, endocrine, and immune systems are inextricably linked. Immune molecules have a powerful impact on neuroendocrine function, including hormone-behavior interactions, during health as well as sickness. Similarly, alterations in hormones, such as during stress, can powerfully impact immune function or reactivity.
Staci D, Bilbo, Jaclyn M, Schwarz
openaire   +2 more sources

A developmental study of the understanding of “Contamination” in older children and adults

open access: yesJournal of Human Environmental Studies, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine the understanding of contamination, which consists of cognition, emotion, and behavior, and the relationship of the understanding of contamination and the behavioral immune system from the perspective of ...
Kaho Kureya
doaj   +1 more source

Dynamical Behaviors of the Tumor-Immune System in a Stochastic Environment [PDF]

open access: yesSIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 2019
arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:q-bio/0602015 by other ...
Xiaoyue Li   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Evaluation of Behavioral Immune System and its Unique Effect on Prejudice and Stigmatization in Patients with Infectious Diseases

open access: yesMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ’Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Shahīd Ṣadūqī Yazd, 2021
Introduction: Behavioral immune systems allow organisms to detect the presence of disease-causing pathogens in their environment more immediately and engage in behaviors that prevent them from coming into contact with objects and individuals.
Asie Eftekhari, Maryam Bakhtiari
doaj  

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