A plate of food overrun by roaches. A blood-encrusted scab. The squish of dog poo under one’s shoe. In this talk from TEDxEast, David Pizarro explains that each of these images elicits disgust, a visceral emotion that serves a good purpose -- to keep us away from harmful substances. But disgust may in fact do much more than that.
Political conservatives are more easily disgusted!?
