Feeling disgust may enhance our ability to detect impurities

Thursday, December 6, 2012 - 13:20 in Psychology & Sociology

From an evolutionary standpoint, experiencing the intense, visceral sense of revulsion that comes with disgust presumably helps us to avoid contaminants that can make us sick or even kill us. But new research suggests that disgust not only helps us to avoid impurities, it may also make us better able to see them.

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