Neuroscientists from the University of Bristol recently reported that repeated long-term exposure to their babies’ bodily ...

Becoming a parent can permanently dampen the brain’s disgust response, as exposure to bodily mess gradually rewires how ...

From nappy changes to nursing care, exposure to unpleasant substances is a daily reality for millions of people but how does the brain adapt? New research from neuroscientists at the University of ...

Disgust is an incredibly powerful negative emotion, capable of inducing vomiting, panic, and rage. The sound evolutionary reason for our experience of disgust is that it helped keep us alive—by making ...

This post was cowritten by Nathalie Boutros, Ph.D., and Tchiki Davis, M.A., Ph.D. Disgust has been identified as one of the universal emotions shared by all people (Rozin & Fallon, 1987). It is ...

With a War-of-the-Worlds-proportion panic washing over the country, many are wondering what the next few months will look like in terms of basic daily life. As a disgust researcher, I have been ...

Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. Disgust is an incredibly powerful negative emotion, capable of inducing vomiting, panic, and rage ...