Selected article for: "evolutionary history and immune system"

Author: Khetrapal, Neha; Khera, Gunjan
Title: Under the spell of SARS-CoV-2: A closer look at the sociopolitical dynamics
  • Cord-id: dhfxb41q
  • Document date: 2021_5_12
  • ID: dhfxb41q
    Snippet: Sitting on the fine line between pathogen ‘transmissibility’ and ‘severity’, the Behavioural Immune System (BIS) is responsible for activating behaviours that minimise infection risks and maximise fitness. To achieve self-preservation, the BIS also fuels social and political attitudes. We aim to explain societal changes that may be sparked by COVID-19 by highlighting links between human evolutionary history and our psychological faculties mediated by the BIS.
    Document: Sitting on the fine line between pathogen ‘transmissibility’ and ‘severity’, the Behavioural Immune System (BIS) is responsible for activating behaviours that minimise infection risks and maximise fitness. To achieve self-preservation, the BIS also fuels social and political attitudes. We aim to explain societal changes that may be sparked by COVID-19 by highlighting links between human evolutionary history and our psychological faculties mediated by the BIS.

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