What makes us disgusted?
Would you drink juice in which a giant cockroach had just been swimming? Would you taste the milk from which a rat had just been removed? At the very thought of such a drink, did you withdraw your jaw in a reaction of disgust? Such feelings have accompanied humans for thousands of years, but they have not always signaled the same thing.
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What makes us disgusted? According to psychologist Professor Paul Rozin of the University of Pennsylvania, the conception of the disgust response is an evolutionarily acquired defense mechanism against expanding environmental contamination.
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