7/Michal Stefanczyk (U. College of Professional Education): Six studies test evolutionary & sociocultural explanations for sex differences in disgust sensitivity — results show a complex, nuanced picture.

5/Jan Havlíček (Charles Univ.): Preschoolers’ disgust sensitivity rises from age 4 → 5, showing early cognitive development of contamination awareness.

6/Daqing Liu (York St John): Disgust responds more to bad moral character than anger

3/ Michael Donner (VU Amsterdam): Being sick boosts pathogen-avoidance motivation — we avoid infection more when our immune system is under strain

4/Laura Gagliardi (Milan/PSL/Lyfe): Meat category, disgust sensitivity & gender shape disgust reactions and justifications.

1/Emily Bagley (Cambridge): Disgust learning is sticky! People struggle to update avoidance behavior for disgusting outcomes vs. points-based rewards. Fear vs. disgust? No difference.

2/Çağla Çınar (Amsterdam): Vegetarians’ disgust toward meat predicts negativity toward meat eaters

• @csarabian.bsky.social & Marie Charpentier @mandrillusproject.bsky.social, on disgust and parasite-avoidance behaviours in primates.
Looking forward to the rest of the programme! Keep tuned!