Retesting the Hypothesis of Behavioral Immune System as the Basis of Intergroup Biases during a Pandemic Lei Fan & Joshua M. Tybur Intergroup biases are thought to (partially) emerge from the behavioral immune system. We conducted two studies – one longitudinal study and one experiment – to test this hypothesis from two different perspectives. The […]

Pathogen Disgust Sensitivity But Not Explicit Disease Concerns Predicts Immigration Attitudes During a Pandemic Lei Fan & Joshua M. Tybur Intergroup biases are thought to partially emerge from the behavioral immune system. The current longitudinal study (assessed at three time points of the COVID-19 pandemic – May 2020, N1 = 998; February 2021, N2 = […]

25th March, 2022, Social Psychology Talk Series at School of Psychology, University of Kent Moral Emotions Communicate Aggressions in Moral Punishment Punishment typically follows from other-condemning moral emotions. Several studies indicated that emotions motivate punishment, with some suggesting that punishment expresses moral emotions, especially anger and moral disgust. Although some work referred to “outrage” as […]

Visiting Research/Study Fund for PhD Candidate. Granted by the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Visiting Infomation: March – April 2022, School of Psychology, University of Kent. Host: Prof. Dr. Roger Giner-Sorolla Funding Amount: EUR 4.000