A Landscape of Disgust. Weinstein, S. B., Buck, J. C., & Young, H. S. 359(6381):1213–1214.
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A rancid meal, a moist handshake, a pile of feces: These phenomena elicit disgust and avoidance that protect humans from our most pervasive consumer – infectious agents. This avoidance is not specific to humans. Various animals alter their behavior to avoid infection (1). For instance, Poirotte et al. recently showed that mandrills avoid parasite-contaminated feces and refrain from grooming infected individuals (2). These primates' nuanced ability to detect and alter their behavior in response to differential exposure risk suggests close parallels to the ” landscape of fear” elicited by predators (see the figure), with perceived peaks and valleys driven by parasite abundance and exposure risk.
@article{weinsteinLandscapeDisgust2018,
  title = {A Landscape of Disgust},
  author = {Weinstein, Sara B. and Buck, Julia C. and Young, Hillary S.},
  date = {2018-03},
  journaltitle = {Science},
  volume = {359},
  pages = {1213--1214},
  issn = {0036-8075},
  doi = {10.1126/science.aas8694},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aas8694},
  abstract = {A rancid meal, a moist handshake, a pile of feces: These phenomena elicit disgust and avoidance that protect humans from our most pervasive consumer -- infectious agents. This avoidance is not specific to humans. Various animals alter their behavior to avoid infection (1). For instance, Poirotte et al. recently showed that mandrills avoid parasite-contaminated feces and refrain from grooming infected individuals (2). These primates' nuanced ability to detect and alter their behavior in response to differential exposure risk suggests close parallels to the ” landscape of fear” elicited by predators (see the figure), with perceived peaks and valleys driven by parasite abundance and exposure risk.},
  keywords = {*imported-from-citeulike-INRMM,~INRMM-MiD:c-14550075,animal-behaviour,anthropocene,biotic-factors,comparison,ecosystem,fear-vs-disgust,feedback,fragmentation,habitat-suitability,host-parasite,parasite,precaution,precaution-principle,prey-predator},
  number = {6381}
}

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