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Pathogen Threat Perception

Pathogen Threat Perception is a psychological construct that refers to an individual's subjective assessment of the likelihood and severity of encountering infectious agents in the environment, distinguishing it from general health risk perceptions by its specific focus on pathogen-related cues and their evolutionary implications for disease avoidance.

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The Behavioral Immune System (and Why It Matters)

Mark Schaller, Justin H. Park · Current Directions in Psychological Science · 2011 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Evidence that disgust evolved to protect from risk of disease

Val Curtis, Robert Aunger, Tamer Rabie · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2004 · 855 citations

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Infection Breeds Reticence

Chad R. Mortensen, D. Vaughn Becker, Joshua M. Ackerman et al. · Psychological Science · 2010 · 408 citations

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Political polarization in US residents’ COVID-19 risk perceptions, policy preferences, and protective behaviors

Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Htay-Wah Saw, Dana P. Goldman · Journal of Risk and Uncertainty · 2020 · 284 citations · Full text

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The behavioral immune system: Current concerns and future directions

Joshua M. Ackerman, Sarah E. Hill, Damian R. Murray · Social and Personality Psychology Compass · 2018 · 262 citations

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Authors

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    Joshua M. Tybur

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    10 publications · 521 citations

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  2. JM
    Joshua M. Ackerman

    University of Michigan, United States

    9 publications · 952 citations

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  3. AM
    Anastasia Makhanova

    Florida State University, United States

    4 publications · 267 citations

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  4. PP
    Pavol Prokop

    University of Trnava, Slovakia

    4 publications · 121 citations

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  5. TR
    Tom R. Kupfer

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    4 publications · 144 citations

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Institutions

292

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    10 h-index

    24 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    9 h-index

    20 publications

    719 citations

  3. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    1.9K citations

  4. Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    512 citations

  5. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    527 citations

  7. University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

    Fayetteville, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    1K citations

  8. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    190 citations

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  1. Evolution and Human Behavior

    10 publications · 384 citations

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  2. Personality and Individual Differences

    9 publications · 878 citations

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  3. Frontiers in Psychology

    6 publications · 196 citations

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  4. Evolutionary Psychology

    6 publications · 244 citations

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  5. Psychological Science

    4 publications · 770 citations

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