Health
Disgusted? Good. It could be beneficial to your health, a new study shows
Eww, gross!
Feb 22, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Bad people are disgusting, bad actions are angering
A person's character, more so than their actions, determines whether we find immoral acts to be 'disgusting,' according to new research in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
Dec 15, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Who's happy? How long we look at happy faces is in our genes
Though we all depend on reading people's faces, each of us sees others' faces a bit differently. Some of us may gaze deeply into another's eyes, while others seem more reserved. At one end of this spectrum people with autism ...
Jun 29, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Understanding the nuances of disgust: Nausea versus itchiness
A team of researchers from Nottingham Trent University, the University of California and Vrije Universiteit, has found that humans have two distinctly different reactions when disgusted—nausea and itchiness. In their paper ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Eyes are windows to the soul—and evolution
Why do we become saucer-eyed from fear and squint from disgust?
Mar 20, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Understanding emotions without language
According to a new study by researchers from the MPI for Psycholinguistics and the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, you don't need to have words for emotions to understand them. The results of the study were published online ...
Nov 2, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Disgust is way of communicating moral rather than self-interested motivation
New research carried out by psychologists at the University of Kent has shown for the first time that a decision to express disgust or anger depends on the motives a person seeks to communicate.
Dec 19, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Disgust leads people to lie and cheat, cleanliness promotes ethical behavior, study shows
While feelings of disgust can increase behaviors like lying and cheating, cleanliness can help people return to ethical behavior, according to a recent study by marketing experts at Rice University, Pennsylvania State University ...
Nov 13, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Saying 'I understand' makes a real difference, study shows
Showing support for a person who is upset over something they've experienced can help boost their positive feelings, new research shows.
Dec 30, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Anger, contempt and disgust fuel hostility, new research shows
Individuals experiencing anger, contempt and disgust are more likely to act and behave in a hostile manner toward those they disagree with, new research from San Francisco State University shows.
Feb 10, 2016
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