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

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

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. Disgust is a core emotion that plays a pivotal role in the BIS, as it activates the behavio...

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Main Authors: Marco Tullio Liuzza, Jonas K. Olofsson, Sebastian Cancino-Montecinos, Torun Lindholm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
moral judgment
disgust
purity
behavioral immune system
body odors
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00458/full

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