“After being shown pictures of people coughing, cartoonish germs sprouting from a sponge, and similar infection-evoking images, women—the sex most vulnerable to… — Kathleen McAuliffe Men and women Copy Share Image
“Nonetheless, studies by Schaller and other researchers indicate that people who chronically worry about disease are especially prone to antipathy toward those… — Kathleen McAuliffe Antipathy Copy Share Image
“Consumers even avoid buying items placed near a product with icky connotations. Grocery shoppers, for instance, have been shown to be repelled… — Kathleen McAuliffe Copy Share Image
“We were seated in a sparkling new building on the UBC campus with austere modern lines and sleek, minimalist décor—about as sterile… — Kathleen McAuliffe Biology Copy Share Image
“Save for the ancient Egyptians, he found, virtually no one kept cats as pets until the latter part of the 1700s. The… — Kathleen McAuliffe Ancient egyptian Copy Share Image
“When subjects in one of Pizarro’s studies were shown a sign recommending the use of hand wipes, he reported, they were harsher… — Kathleen McAuliffe Teddy bear Copy Share Image
“Vast populations in parasitic hot zones are without hospitals, doctors, drugs, or surgical equipment. Meanwhile, often directed at the very same underserved… — Kathleen McAuliffe Health care Copy Share Image
“By enlisting the assistance of a team of neuroimmunologists, however, Schaller succeeded in conducting one of the few studies to address the… — Kathleen McAuliffe Blood Drawn Copy Share Image
“Putting this all together, Moore and Reiber predicted that the germ would prod people to seek out the company of others early… — Kathleen McAuliffe Contagious Copy Share Image
“What would happen if the parasites were removed from this picture? Would there be fewer birds in the sky, more fish in… — Kathleen McAuliffe Fish in the sea Copy Share Image
“Xenophobic propaganda can take another sinister form. Its progenitor is that favorite taunt of the playground bully: “You’ve got cooties.” Grown-up bullies… — Kathleen McAuliffe Bullying Copy Share Image
“Good looks, for example, are denoted by symmetrical features—a sign that early life development was not disrupted by infection—and skin that shows… — Kathleen McAuliffe Beauty Copy Share Image
“Malaria, presently among the most deadly infectious agents on the planet, is arguably the greatest mass murderer of all time. Experts estimate… — Kathleen McAuliffe Malaria Copy Share Image
“A phenomenon known as sympathetic vomiting occurs when the sight of someone throwing up causes others to do so too. Such copycat… — Kathleen McAuliffe Food poisoning Copy Share Image
“In the first three days after vaccination, coinciding with the time when the virus was most contagious, subjects interacted with twice as… — Kathleen McAuliffe Contagious Copy Share Image
“Lest anyone doubt that sickness behavior is a defense against pathogens, scientists can induce it without exposing animals to a single germ.… — Kathleen McAuliffe Habits Copy Share Image
“In an article published in 1998 in the normally staid pages of Neurology, the Spanish physician Juan Gómez-Alonso pointed out other, less… — Kathleen McAuliffe Copy Share Image
“The recently ill display similar biases, possibly, Schaller theorizes, because their immune systems may still be run-down, so their minds compensate by… — Kathleen McAuliffe Pregnant women Copy Share Image
