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. 2020 Sep 2:11:2137.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02137. eCollection 2020.

Commentary: Grounded procedures: A proximate mechanism for the psychology of cleansing and other physical actions

Tobias Otterbring  1 , Panagiotis Mitkidis  2   3 , Lene Aarøe  4 , Christian T Elbæk  2
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Commentary: Grounded procedures: A proximate mechanism for the psychology of cleansing and other physical actions

Tobias Otterbring et al. Front Psychol. .
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Keywords: cleansing effects; disgust; domain specificity; evolutionary psychology; morality.

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