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How and why disgust responses underlie prejudice

Evidence from the field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2019

Michael Bang Petersen
Michael Bang Petersen*
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Aarhus University
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Correspondence: Michael Bang Petersen, Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies and Department of Political Science, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 6B, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Aarhus C, Denmark. Email: michael@aias.au.dk
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PrejudiceThe behavioral immune systemDisgust
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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , Spring 2019 , pp. 62 - 71
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© Association for Politics and the Life Sciences 2019 

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