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 ...

Worried about dirty diapers? Science says you’ll get used to it.

What do crispy bacon, a juicy beef steak, human flesh and feces have in common? They all trigger the same powerful reaction in vegetarians—disgust. A study has compared the effects of a placebo pill ...

Despite a range of benefits, insect protein has faced strong barriers to adoption. This is largely due to consumer disgust, but some demographics are more put off than others. The emergence of insects ...