Moral disgust and anger across borders: Linking to forms of aggressive punishment in Western, East Asian, and cross-cultural contexts Anger and disgust are core moral emotions, yet they serve distinct functions in moral punishment. This talk synthesizes findings from a series of studies across Western and 9 East Asian populations, focusing on how these emotions […]

微观人际价值视角下的行为免疫双边互动 Micro-level Interpersonal Motives and the Dual Dynamics of Behavioral Immunity 独秀创新讲坛 Duxiu Innovation Talk Series 经典理论认为，行为免疫系统（BIS）是一套引导接触与社交决策的心理机制，用以降低感染风险。但现实研究对其中一些核心假设提出了挑战，尤其是在群际层面。基于新冠疫情期间的两项纵向追踪和一项跨文化注册研究，我们发现：无论是环境中可感知的疾病威胁，还是外群体线索，这些传统上被视为关键的因素，并未稳定地引发回避或排外。相反，真正的调节机制来自微观的人际价值。人们更愿意为亲密或高价值对象承担风险，而更倾向于回避低价值或不可信对象。纵向数据同样表明，人们对“共享微生物式”风险接触（如近距离、共用品）的舒适度，更取决于对方是谁，而非疫情曲线。重要的是，这种调节不仅存在于健康个体，感染者的行为也会进行镜像的调整：面对高价值关系对象，他们更少隐瞒，甚至更可能主动披露病情。总体而言，感染风险的调控是关系性的、动态的，由避免感染、防止被利用、减少排斥和寻求照料等多种社会动机共同塑造。传染因此是一个双边互动过程：健康个体主要调节回避，感染个体主要调节隐瞒或披露，双方以不同方式权衡社会价值决定行为。这个双主体视角将 BIS 从单纯的病原反应机制重塑为嵌入社会关系的动机系统，并提示需要与生理免疫（PIS）相结合。我们的后续研究以肠–脑通路为切入口，探讨生物状态与社会动机如何共同塑造与疾病相关的行为与互动。 Classic accounts characterize the behavioral immune system (BIS) as a set of psychological processes guiding contact and social decisions to reduce behavioral exposure to pathogens, yet real-world evidence challenges several of its core predictions. Across longitudinal […]

Beyond the Ewwwww: Micro-level Interpersonal Motives and the Dual Dynamics of Behavioral Immunity Classic accounts characterize the behavioral immune system (BIS) as a set of psychological processes guiding contact and social decisions to reduce behavioral exposure to pathogens, yet real-world evidence challenges several of its core predictions. Across longitudinal studies during the COVID-19 pandemic and […]

Extending Behavioral Immune Trade-Offs: Interpersonal Value in Disease Avoidance and Social Interactions Rooted in Behavioral Immune System (BIS) theory, this research line investigates how interpersonal value shapes social interactions—particularly infection-risky contact, disease concealment, and xenophobia—under high disease salience. Three projects were conducted. The first (three studies, N = 1,694) used U.S. samples to test whether […]

Social class in the mind’s eye: Mental representations, egalitarianism, and discrimination Motivation: Recent declines in explicit bias have, unfortunately, not been accompanied by substantial reductions in group-based inequality. This suggests that implicit biases—relatively unconscious, automatic judgments—may play powerful roles in reinforcing existing social inequalities. The current work examines implicit biases through the lens of social […]

Social class in the mind’s eye: Mental representations, egalitarianism, and discrimination Motivation: Recent declines in explicit bias have, unfortunately, not been accompanied by substantial reductions in group-based inequality. This suggests that implicit biases—relatively unconscious, automatic judgments—may play powerful roles in reinforcing existing social inequalities. The current work examines implicit biases through the lens of social […]