Seeing Others as a Disease: The Impact of Physical (but not Moral) Disgust on Biologization

Through three studies ('N' = 306), we analysed the association between physical disgust and implicit biologization – the perception of others as disease organisms. In doing so, we employed an adapted version of the Semantic Misattribution Procedure (SMP). Study 1 found that the higher was...

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Main Authors: Roberta Rosa Valtorta, Cristina Baldissarri, Luca Andrighetto, Chiara Volpato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2021-03-01
Series:International Review of Social Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.rips-irsp.com/articles/407