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. 2012 Apr;35(2):89-90.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X11001117. Epub 2012 Jan 31.

Coping with germs and people: investigating the link between pathogen threat and human social cognition

Carlos David Navarrete  1
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Coping with germs and people: investigating the link between pathogen threat and human social cognition

Carlos David Navarrete. Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Apr.

Abstract

Group assortative biases are stronger in regions where pathogen stress has been historically prevalent. Pushing the logic of this approach, extensions should include investigations of how cultural norms related to prosociality and relational striving may also covary with regional pathogen stress. Likewise, the pan-specific observation that diseased animals show decreased motor activity to facilitate recovery suggests that norms relevant to sickness behaviors may also vary as a function of regional parasite stress.

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