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Disgust: evolved function and structure

Tybur, Joshua M., Lieberman, Debra, Kurzban, Robert, DeScioli, Peter·2013·Psychological Review

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Interest in and research on disgust has surged over the past few decades. The field, however, still lacks a coherent theoretical framework for understanding the evolved function or functions of disgust. Here we present such a framework, emphasizing 2 levels of analysis: that of evolved function and that of information processing. Although there is widespread agreement that disgust evolved to motivate the avoidance of contact with disease-causing organisms, there is no consensus about the functions disgust serves when evoked by acts unrelated to pathogen avoidance. Here we suggest that in addition to motivating pathogen avoidance, disgust evolved to regulate decisions in the domains of mate choice and morality. For each proposed evolved function, we posit distinct information processing systems that integrate function-relevant information and account for the trade-offs required of each disgust system. By refocusing the discussion of disgust on computational mechanisms, we recast prior theorizing on disgust into a framework that can generate new lines of empirical and theoretical inquiry.

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Authors: Tybur, J. M., Lieberman, D., Kurzban, R., & DeScioli, P.
Affiliations: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
University of Miami (US)
University of Pennsylvania (US)
Brandeis University (US)
ORCID: Tybur, Joshua M.
Lieberman, Debra
Kurzban, Robert
DeScioli, Peter
Venue: Psychological Review
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 2013-01
Volume: 120
Issue: 1
Pages: 65-84
ISSN: 0033-295X (ISSN-L)
1939-1471
DOI: 10.1037/a0030778
OpenAlex: W2143523401
Semantic Scholar: eb58d867cb60702f4e5ba988aeff27e895483d72
Cited by: 810
References: 232
Citations by year: 2026: 46 · 2025: 40 · 2024: 59 · 2023: 56 · 2022: 89 · 2021: 113 · 2020: 70 · 2019: 73 · 2018: 55 · 2017: 53 · 2016: 53 · 2015: 52 · 2014: 36 · 2013: 12
FWCI: 16.69
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Psychological Review (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
VU Research Portal (submittedVersion)
Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
Keywords: disgust, pathogen avoidance, mate choice, morality, information processing, computational model, evolutionary psychology
MeSH terms: Adaptation, Biological, Avoidance Learning, Cognition, Emotions, Humans, Psychological Theory

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