The Behavioral Immune System Shapes Political Intuitions: Why and How Individual Differences in Disgust Sensitivity Underlie Opposition to Immigration

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RT @M_B_Petersen: Study 2 relies on data from Denmark (N=2,005) (https://t.co/Rv2SEaMXRC) and link with zip code measures of the proportion…

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RT @M_B_Petersen: Prior work finds that disgust sensitivity (i.e., disease avoidance) predict anti-immigrant views (https://t.co/Rv2SEaMXRC…

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Study 2 relies on data from Denmark (N=2,005) (https://t.co/Rv2SEaMXRC) and link with zip code measures of the proportion of immigrants and non-Western immigrants. Again, disgust predicts anti-immigrant views but there is no moderating effect of exposure

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Prior work finds that disgust sensitivity (i.e., disease avoidance) predict anti-immigrant views (https://t.co/Rv2SEaMXRC) Why? Disease avoidance operates as "better safe than sorry", mistaking cultural & physical differences for signs of infection (h

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