An analysis of a unique "SuperMum" (SuperAmma) handwashing campaign shows for the first time that using emotional motivators, such as feelings of disgust and nurture, rather than health messages, can result in significant, ...
Feb 26, 2014
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Theory has it that disgust sensitivity—how intensely a person is repulsed by images, ideas or situations that could be considered terribly gross or merely unpleasant—is an evolutionary trait that initially helped humans ...
Jan 18, 2022
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Why is the internet going crazy for videos of pimples popping, cysts exploding and stomach-churning ingrown hairs?
Oct 9, 2017
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Wide-eyed expressions that typically signal fear may enlarge our visual field and mutually enhance others' ability to locate threats, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association ...
May 1, 2013
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Think about the last time you were morally outraged. Chances are you felt angry, but did you also feel disgust?
Dec 3, 2013
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People with HIV are less able to recognise facial emotion than non-infected people finds a study published in the launch edition of BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Psychology. Reduction in their ability to recognise ...
Feb 26, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—'Mimicry', the imitation of the facial expression of the other person, does not play a major role in the ability to recognise the emotion of another person. This is apparent from research conducted by Agneta ...
Nov 5, 2012
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New research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Venice, Italy (12-15 May) finds that insect-based foods remain unappealing in the UK, and more must be done to change attitudes towards and ...
May 13, 2024
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A study has compared the effects of a placebo pill and an imaginary pill in reducing visually induced disgust. The results showed that both interventions reduced the intensity of disgust at the images shown to the participants, ...
May 24, 2024
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Halloween is a time to embrace all that is disgusting, from bloody slasher films to haunted houses full of fake guts and gore.
Oct 21, 2022
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