Why Do We Find Things Disgusting? | BrainCraft Q&A!
It's my 50th episode! I'm celebrating by answering your questions about disgust, boredom, salty tears and BrainCraft. My Twitter: https://twitter.com/nessyhill Instagram: https://instagram.com/ness...
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French poet Paul Valery once said “the purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best”. Like why we find some things disgusting, why time seems to pass slower when we’re bored or why we feel bored at all. This week I’m going to answer some of your questions so we can all discover why some animals eat their own poop. And more. Why does your stomach hurt when you see something gross? Back in 1872, Darwin originally defined disgust as the revulsion response to distasting foods. More recently, researchers have included a range of stimuli that elicit the revulsion response, like uncleanliness, contamination, or the potential for disease. For example, these are some items on the disgust scale that’s use...
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French poet Paul Valery once said “the purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best”. Like why we find some things disgusting, why time seems to pass slower when we’re bored or why we feel bored at all. This week I’m going to answer some of your questions so we can all discover why some animals eat their own poop. And more. Why does your stomach hurt when you see something gross? Back in 1872, Darwin originally defined disgust as the revulsion response to distasting foods. More recently, researchers have included a range of stimuli that elicit the revulsion response, like uncleanliness, contamination, or the potential for disease. For example, these are some items on the disgust scale that’s use...
