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No support for two hypotheses about the communicative functions of displaying disgust: Evidence from Turkey, Norway, Germany, and Croatia
Evolutionary psychology, Vol.21(3), pp.1-8
2023
Abstract
In recent years, researchers have discovered much about how disgust works, its neural basis, its relationship with immune function, its connection with mating, and some of its antecedents and consequents. Despite these advances in our understanding, an under-explored area is how disgust may be used to serve a communicative function, including how individuals might strategically downplay or exaggerate the disgust display in front of different audiences. Here, we generated two hypotheses about potential communicative functions of disgust, and tested these hypotheses in four countries (Turkey, Croatia, Germany, and Norway). We found no evidence in support of either hypothesis in any country. Discussion focuses on the likely falsity of the two central hypotheses, alternative interpretations of our findings, and directions for future research.
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- Title
- No support for two hypotheses about the communicative functions of displaying disgust: Evidence from Turkey, Norway, Germany, and Croatia
- Authors/Creators
- Laith Al-Shawaf - University of Colorado Colorado SpringsDavid M. G. Lewis - Murdoch UniversityMaliki E. Ghossainy - Boston UniversityLeif Edward Ottesen Kennair - Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyIgor Mikloušić - Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb, CroatiaSascha Schwarz - University of WuppertalKaitlyn P. White - University of Colorado Colorado Springs
- Publication Details
- Evolutionary psychology, Vol.21(3), pp.1-8
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Identifiers
- 991005593767707891
- Copyright
- © 2023 The Author(s)
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Centre for Healthy Ageing; School of Psychology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- Citation topics
- 6 Social Sciences
- 6.73 Social Psychology
- 6.73.1369 Evolutionary Psychology
- Web Of Science research areas
- Psychology, Experimental
- ESI research areas
- Psychiatry/Psychology