Mouth proximity influences perceived disgust of visual stimuli

Catégorie

Journal Article

Auteurs

Pavol Prokop, Jana Fancovicova, Dominika Sramelova, Gaëtan Thiebaut, Alain Méot, Patrick Bonin

Année

2023

Titre

Mouth proximity influences perceived disgust of visual stimuli

Journal / Livre / Conférence

Personality and Individual Differences

Résumé

The emotion of disgust likely evolved to protect humans against oral contamination by pathogens. Accordingly,
objects positioned in close proximity to body parts -where infection can easily invade the human body-should be
perceived as more disgusting than objects positioned in more neutral places. In the present study, we experimentally
altered the distance of various edible and non-edible stimuli from the human mouth and found that
mouth proximity enhanced disgust ratings, and more particularly for non-food stimuli. Interestingly, stimuli that
were shown near the foot, i.e., far away from the mouth, were also given high disgust ratings, probably due to
different contextual integration of emotional conflict. These findings suggest that disgust is enhanced when the
risk of oral contamination increases, and thus, that disgust is context-dependent.

Volume

207

Mots-clés

Pathogen disgust Oral contamination Emotional context dependence

Liens relatifs

  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112146

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