PsychoBehavioroimmunology: Connecting the Behavioral Immune System to Its Physiological Foundations
Although infectious disease has posed a significant and persistent threat to human survival and welfare throughout history, only recently have the psychological and behavioral implications of disease threat become a topic of research within the behavioral sciences. This growing body of work has reve...
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| author | Damian R. Murray Marjorie L. Prokosch Zachary Airington |
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| description | Although infectious disease has posed a significant and persistent threat to human survival and welfare throughout history, only recently have the psychological and behavioral implications of disease threat become a topic of research within the behavioral sciences. This growing body of work has revealed a suite of affective and cognitive processes that motivate the avoidance of disease-causing objects and situations—a cascade of processes loosely conceptualized as a “behavioral immune system (BIS).” Recent BIS research has linked disease threat to a surprisingly broad set of psychological and behavioral phenomena. However, research examining how the BIS is nested within our broader physiology is only beginning to emerge. Here, we review research that has begun to elucidate the physiological foundations of the BIS—at the levels of sensory modalities, cells, and genes. We also discuss the future of this work. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-83db5886f3e74cf8adfe0beefd72176e2022-12-21T17:34:33ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782019-02-011010.3389/fpsyg.2019.00200437715PsychoBehavioroimmunology: Connecting the Behavioral Immune System to Its Physiological FoundationsDamian R. MurrayMarjorie L. ProkoschZachary AiringtonAlthough infectious disease has posed a significant and persistent threat to human survival and welfare throughout history, only recently have the psychological and behavioral implications of disease threat become a topic of research within the behavioral sciences. This growing body of work has revealed a suite of affective and cognitive processes that motivate the avoidance of disease-causing objects and situations—a cascade of processes loosely conceptualized as a “behavioral immune system (BIS).” Recent BIS research has linked disease threat to a surprisingly broad set of psychological and behavioral phenomena. However, research examining how the BIS is nested within our broader physiology is only beginning to emerge. Here, we review research that has begun to elucidate the physiological foundations of the BIS—at the levels of sensory modalities, cells, and genes. We also discuss the future of this work.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00200/fullbehavioral immune systempsychoneuroimmunologyhealthimmune system regulationsocial cognition |
| spellingShingle | Damian R. Murray Marjorie L. Prokosch Zachary Airington PsychoBehavioroimmunology: Connecting the Behavioral Immune System to Its Physiological Foundations Frontiers in Psychology behavioral immune system psychoneuroimmunology health immune system regulation social cognition |
| title | PsychoBehavioroimmunology: Connecting the Behavioral Immune System to Its Physiological Foundations |
| title_full | PsychoBehavioroimmunology: Connecting the Behavioral Immune System to Its Physiological Foundations |
| title_fullStr | PsychoBehavioroimmunology: Connecting the Behavioral Immune System to Its Physiological Foundations |
| title_full_unstemmed | PsychoBehavioroimmunology: Connecting the Behavioral Immune System to Its Physiological Foundations |
| title_short | PsychoBehavioroimmunology: Connecting the Behavioral Immune System to Its Physiological Foundations |
| title_sort | psychobehavioroimmunology connecting the behavioral immune system to its physiological foundations |
| topic | behavioral immune system psychoneuroimmunology health immune system regulation social cognition |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00200/full |
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