3/ Michael Donner (VU Amsterdam): Being sick boosts pathogen-avoidance motivation — we avoid infection more when our immune system is under strain
4/Laura Gagliardi (Milan/PSL/Lyfe): Meat category, disgust sensitivity & gender shape disgust reactions and justifications.
5/Jan Havlíček (Charles Univ.): Preschoolers’ disgust sensitivity rises from age 4 → 5, showing early cognitive development of contamination awareness.
6/Daqing Liu (York St John): Disgust responds more to bad moral character than anger
7/Michal Stefanczyk (U. College of Professional Education): Six studies test evolutionary & sociocultural explanations for sex differences in disgust sensitivity — results show a complex, nuanced picture.
Dec 5, 2025 11:22