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Arshamian, ArtinKarolinska Institutet
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Human sickness detection is not dependent on cultural experience
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2021-07-14
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The Royal Society,2021
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:su-197208
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https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0922DOI
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http://kipublications.ki.se/Default.aspx?queryparsed=id:147112588URI
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https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/e841d5e8-9e81-4bcd-a798-5961dd65dbe8URI
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Animals across phyla can detect early cues of infection in conspecifics, thereby reducing the risk of contamination. It is unknown, however, if humans can detect cues of sickness in people belonging to communities with whom they have limited or no experience. To test this, we presented Western faces photographed 2 h after the experimental induction of an acute immune response to one Western and five non-Western communities, including small-scale hunter-gatherer and large urban-dwelling communities. All communities could detect sick individuals. There were group differences in performance but Western participants, who observed faces from their own community, were not systematically better than all non-Western participants. At odds with the common belief that sickness detection of an out-group member should be biased to err on the side of caution, the majority of non-Western communities were unbiased. Our results show that subtle cues of a general immune response are recognized across cultures and may aid in detecting infectious threats.
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Sundelin, TinaStockholms universitet,Stressforskningsinstitutet,Karolinska Institutet, Sweden(Swepub:su)tisu9557
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Wnuk, Ewelina
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O'Meara, CarolynNational Autonomous University of Mexico
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Burenhult, NiclasLund University,Lunds universitet,Allmän språkvetenskap,Avdelningen för lingvistik och kognitiv semiotik,Sektion 6,Språk- och litteraturcentrum,Institutioner,Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna,General Linguistics,Division of Linguistics and Cognitive Semiotics,Section 6,Centre for Languages and Literature,Departments,Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology(Swepub:lu)ling-nbu
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Garrido Rodriguez, Gabriela
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Lekander, MatsStockholms universitet,Stressforskningsinstitutet,Karolinska Institutet, Sweden(Swepub:su)mleka
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Olsson, Mats J.
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Lasselin, JulieStockholms universitet,Stressforskningsinstitutet,Karolinska Institutet, Sweden(Swepub:su)jlass
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Axelsson, JohnStockholms universitet,Stressforskningsinstitutet,Karolinska Institutet, Sweden(Swepub:su)jaxel
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Majid, AsifaUniversity of York
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In:Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences: The Royal Society288:19540962-84521471-2954
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