Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. Disgust is an incredibly powerful negative emotion, capable of inducing vomiting, panic ...

They were also asked to complete a “food disgust scale”, which rated their ... “Insects are a potentially rich source of protein and micro-nutrients and could help provide a solution to ...

There's an idea in psychology that all emotions, from fear to disgust, were evolutionarily advantageous traits. But is the ick really serving us now? One theory posits that disgust evolved to ...

At its core, stochastic terrorism exploits one of our strongest and most complicated emotions: disgust. That horrifying history is now repeating itself, as political extremists create dangerous ...

(Read why humans are hardwired to feel disgust.) Cécile Sarabian, a cognitive ecologist at the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, France, goes a step further: She suggests that the ...

Charles Darwin was the first to define the psychology of disgust, writing in the 19th century that it was a feeling of revulsion related to the senses most notably the sense of taste. Today, ...

The "disgust factor" must be overcome if insect ... "Insects are a potentially rich source of protein and micro-nutrients and could help provide a solution to the double burden of obesity and ...

"Insects are a potentially rich source of protein and micro-nutrients and could help ... Respondents were also asked to complete a Food Disgust Scale to measure how disgusting they find certain ...

I’m a philosopher who studies food and disgust, and I’m interested in how people react to these foods. Disgust and food neophobia — a fear of trying new foods — are often cited as ...

Many vegetarians who reject meat feel disgust which closely matches the aversion others feel to the idea of eating human flesh, faeces or dog meat, new research has found. A study led by the ...