Infection Breeds Reticence: The Effects of Disease Salience on Self-Perceptions of Personality and Behavioral Avoidance Tendencies.

Social living brings humans great rewards, but also associated dangers, such as increased risk of infection from others. Although the body’s immune system is integral to combating disease, it is physiologically costly. Less costly are evolved mechanisms for promoting avoidance of people who are pote...

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Main Authors: Ackerman, Joshua, Mortensen, Chad R., Becker, D. Vaughn, Neuberg, Steven L., Kenrick, Douglas T.
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Cambridge University Press 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67706