From rotten food to political opponents: Researchers explore how disgust relates to our beliefs, and why the connection is complicated

Some studies have linked disgust sensitivity to socially conservative attitudes. But ahead of the US midterm elections, does disgust shape our politics, or do our beliefs shape what we find disgusting?

多項問卷研究顯示，更容易感到厭惡的人往往持更保守的社會觀點，但生理測量研究難以復現這一結果。研究者強調這種關聯雖穩定卻相當微弱，且無法確定是厭惡塑造政治立場，還是立場塑造了厭惡對象。