Don''t Look, Don''t Touch - The Science Behind Revulsion

Disgust, like its much better understood companions fear and love, is a powerful subconscious impulse that influences our behaviour and choices. Valerie Curtis explores its evolutionary origins, and its hidden effects, both negative (such as xenophobia) and positive (health protection).

Product details

• Authors: Valerie Curtis, Valerie (Director of the Hygiene Centre At Curtis, Curtis Valerie
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.09.2013
• EAN: 9780199579488
• ISBN: 978-0-19-957948-8
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions, popular science, MEDICAL / Public Health, SCIENCE / General, Psychology: emotions, Health psychology