Don't Look, Don't Touch, Don't Eat: The Science Behind Revulsion

Don't Look, Don't Touch, Don't Eat

The Science Behind Revulsion

By
Valerie Curtis
Valerie Curtis
2013 • 184 pages

Proposes the animal disgust reaction as an evolutionary response to disease avoidance.

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