You have accessMoreSectionsView PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Cite this article Curtis Valerie, de Barra Mícheál and Aunger Robert 2011Disgust as an adaptive system for disease avoidance behaviourPhil. Trans. R. Soc. B3661320http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0002SectionYou have accessCorrectionsDisgust as an adaptive system for disease avoidance behaviour Valerie Curtis Valerie Curtis Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author , Mícheál de Barra Mícheál de Barra Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author and Robert Aunger Robert Aunger Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author Valerie Curtis Valerie Curtis Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author , Mícheál de Barra Mícheál de Barra Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author and Robert Aunger Robert Aunger Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author Published:27 April 2011https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0002This article corrects the followingResearch ArticleDisgust as an adaptive system for disease avoidance behaviourhttps://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0117 Valerie Curtis, Mícheál de Barra and Robert Aunger volume 366issue 1563Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences12 February 2011Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B366, 389–401 (12 February 2011) (doi:10.1098/rstb.2010.0117)In figure 1, ‘Middle East and North America’ should read ‘Middle East and North Africa’.In the second paragraph of §8 the word ‘higher’ should be replaced by ‘lower’ to read‘While we have set out evidence from many types of source about the individual links, is there any evidence of it acting as a complete system? Some intriguing new studies provide evidence that this is the case. It has been shown that societies faced with high pathogen pressure have lower average scores on personality traits such as extraversion and openness to experience …’. Previous Article VIEW FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD PDF FiguresRelatedReferencesDetailsCited by Eyal T, Dar R and Liberman N (2021) Is disgust in obsessive-compulsive disorder mediated by fear of pathogens?, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102340, 77, (102340), Online publication date: 1-Jan-2021. Hinzmann J, Borg C, Verwoerd J and de Jong P (2019) The Reciprocal Relationship Between Sexual Arousal and Disgust as Evidenced in Automatic Approach-Avoidance Behavior, The Journal of Sex Research, 10.1080/00224499.2019.1658064, 57:3, (384-396), Online publication date: 23-Mar-2020. Parmentier F, Fraga I, Leiva A and Ferré P (2019) Distraction by deviant sounds: disgusting and neutral words capture attention to the same extent, Psychological Research, 10.1007/s00426-019-01192-4, 84:7, (1801-1814), Online publication date: 1-Oct-2020. Pellegrino R, Crandall P and Seo H (2015) Hand washing and disgust response to handling different food stimuli between two different cultures, Food Research International, 10.1016/j.foodres.2014.12.027, 76, (301-308), Online publication date: 1-Oct-2015. Pellegrino R, Crandall P, O'Bryan C and Seo H (2015) A review of motivational models for improving hand hygiene among an increasingly diverse food service workforce, Food Control, 10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.09.015, 50, (446-456), Online publication date: 1-Apr-2015. Curtis V (2011) Why disgust matters, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 366:1583, (3478-3490), Online publication date: 12-Dec-2011. Melis C, Falcicchio G, Wold P and Billing A (2021) Species identification skills in teacher education students: the role of attitude, context and experience, International Journal of Science Education, 10.1080/09500693.2021.1928326, (1-17) Related articlesDisgust as an adaptive system for disease avoidance behaviour12 February 2011Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences This Issue27 April 2011Volume 366Issue 1568Theme issue 'The ocular lens: a classic model for development, physiology and disease' compiled and edited by Michael A. Wride and I. Michael Wormstone Article InformationDOI:https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0002Published by:Royal SocietyPrint ISSN:0962-8436Online ISSN:1471-2970History: Published online27/04/2011Published in print27/04/2011 License:This journal is © 2011 The Royal Society Citations and impact Subjectsbehaviourevolutionhealth and disease and epidemiology