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A not-so proximate account of cleansing behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2021

Jonathan Sigger Open the ORCID record for Jonathan Sigger [Opens in a new window]  and
Thomas E. Dickins Open the ORCID record for Thomas E. Dickins [Opens in a new window]
Jonathan Sigger
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Department of Psychology, Middlesex University, London NW4 4BT, UK J.Sigger@mdx.ac.uk; t.dickins@mdx.ac.uk; https://www.mdx.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-directory/profile/sigger-jonathan; http://tomdickins.net/
Thomas E. Dickins
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Department of Psychology, Middlesex University, London NW4 4BT, UK J.Sigger@mdx.ac.uk; t.dickins@mdx.ac.uk; https://www.mdx.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-directory/profile/sigger-jonathan; http://tomdickins.net/
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Abstract

In this commentary we outline perceptual control theory and suggest this as a fruitful way for Lee and Schwarz (L&S) to fully embody their account of cleansing behavior. Moreover, we take issue with the command control approach that L&S have taken seeing this as an unnecessary cognitive commitment within an embodied model of cleansing behavior.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e24
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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