Becoming a parent can permanently dampen the brain’s disgust response, as exposure to bodily mess gradually rewires how ...

From diaper changes to nursing care, exposure to unpleasant substances is a daily reality for millions of people, but how ...

Halloween is a time to embrace all that is disgusting, from bloody slasher films to haunted houses full of fake guts and gore. But the attraction to stuff that grosses us out goes beyond this annual ...

An online test that aims to tell you your level of tolerance for food-related triggers that can cause disgust has gone viral. People are eating that s--- up. “This is ten thousand times more fun than ...

People who are "disgust sensitive," meaning they're especially sensitive to the threat of contamination, are more likely to take precautions against the coronavirus like wearing masks, a new report ...

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 ...

According to researchers, disgust as a human emotion has evolved to help protect us against infectious diseases. Val Curtis, PhD, BSc, MSc, director of the environmental health group at the London ...

Poor hygiene, insects or other animals that may carry disease and risky sexual behavior are among the distinct kinds of disgust that can help us to avoid disease and infection, according to new ...