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Purity Cognition

Purity Cognition is a psychological construct within the domain of disease avoidance that denotes the cognitive mechanism responsible for detecting and responding to symbolic or physical violations of bodily and moral purity, distinguishing it from related mechanisms by its specific sensitivity to contamination cues perceived as polluting or degrading.

14

Publications

1.7K

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38

Authors

18

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

14

Disgust and the moralization of purity.

E. J. Horberg, Christopher Oveis, Dacher Keltner et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2009 · 587 citations

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With a Clean Conscience

Simone Schnall, Jennifer Benton, Sophie Harvey · Psychological Science · 2008 · 505 citations

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Dirty Liberals!

Erik G. Helzer, David A. Pizarro · Psychological Science · 2011 · 199 citations

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Cleanliness and godliness: Mutual association between two kinds of personal purity

Jesse L. Preston, Ryan S. Ritter · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 2012 · 86 citations

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What makes people approve or condemn mind upload technology? Untangling the effects of sexual disgust, purity and science fiction familiarity

Michael Laakasuo, Marianna Drosinou, Mika Koverola et al. · Palgrave Communications · 2018 · 67 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. MR
    Michael Rotte

    Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany

    2 publications · 67 citations

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  2. MS
    Michael Schaefer

    Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany

    2 publications · 67 citations

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  3. HH
    Hans‐Jochen Heinze

    Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany

    2 publications · 67 citations

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  4. CD
    Claudia Denke

    Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

    2 publications · 67 citations

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  5. GD
    Gary D. Sherman

    University of Virginia, United States

    1 publications · 38 citations

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Institutions

18

  1. Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    67 citations

  2. Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg

    Magdeburg, Germany

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    201 citations

  3. Wayne State University

    Detroit, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    1 h-index

    7 publications

    469 citations

  6. Boston College

    Boston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  7. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    398 citations

  8. Tilburg University

    Tilburg, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    39 citations

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Venues

  1. Psychological Science

    4 publications · 769 citations

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  2. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    2 publications · 611 citations

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  3. Cerebral Cortex

    1 publications · 40 citations

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  4. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

    1 publications · 86 citations

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  5. Personality and Individual Differences

    1 publications · 13 citations

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