Regional Differences in Pathogen Prevalence and Defensive Reactions to the “Swine Flu” Outbreak among East Asians and Westerners

Research has found that contagion-minimizing behavioral tendencies are amplified in pathogen-prevalent regions. We investigated whether reactions to the “swine flu” outbreak of 2009 were stronger among East Asians than Westerners, populations residing in regions that now enjoy comparable advances in...

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Main Authors: Hamamura, Takeshi, Park, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Evolutionary Psychology 2010
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Online Access:http://www.epjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/EP08506515.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3402