Tag: disgust

Study suggests unhealthy behaviours trigger brain responses similar to those prompted by bad smells

Ashley November 15, 2020 Comments Off

From the Université de Genève press release: Unhealthy behaviours trigger moral judgments that are similar to the basic emotions that contribute to our ability to survive. Two different hypotheses are… Read more »

Study suggests perceptions of coughs and sneezes aren’t always accurate

Ashley July 26, 2020 Comments Off

From the University of Michigan press release: You’re standing in the store’s check-out line, and the customer behind you viciously coughs. Is that person sick or simply have a throat… Read more »

Chimp study points to the origins of disgust

Ashley November 18, 2017 Comments Off

From the Kyoto University press release: Chimpanzees do some pretty disgusting things. In their natural habitats, chimpanzees are known to pick up seeds from feces and re-ingest them. In captivity,… Read more »

Study suggests people sensitive to sexual disgust more likely to be Kantian

Ashley April 18, 2017 Comments Off

From the University of Helsinki press release: Every person has both utilitarian (consequentialist) and Kantian (duty- or rule-based) moral intuitions, which are activated in different situations in different ways. The… Read more »