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 ...

Neuroscientists from the University of Bristol recently reported that repeated long-term exposure to their babies’ bodily ...

Most people, even those who claim they are super-environmentalists, wash their laundry too much because of their fear of being disgusting, a recent study has found. "The feeling of disgust simply wins ...

Psychologists have found that we tend to associate our disgusting memories with smells, tastes and touches. The findings of the study, by researchers at Macquarie University in Australia, and ...