I see sick people: Beliefs about sensory detection of infectious disease are largely consistent across cultures

Joshua M. Ackerman; Theodore Samore; Daniel M.T. Fessler; Tom R. Kupfer; Soyeon Choi; Wilson N. Merrell; Lene Aarøe; Toivo Aavik; Stephen Acabado; Grace Akello; Ilham N. Alfian; Laith Al-Shawaf; Marinés M. Alvarez; Jeanine Ammann; Gizem Arikan; Saiyeda A. Asha; Anibal M. Astobiza; Carmen G. Baeza-Ugarte; Pat Barclay; Fiona Kate Barlow; Lisiane Bizarro; Paola Bressan; Andres Castellanos-Chacón; Bryan K.C. Choy; Achmad Chusairi; Jorge Contreras-Garduño; Brenda L. Chávez Cosamalón; Bernardo Costa-Neves; Mallika De; Tiago J.S. de Lima; Piyanjali de Zoysa; Ieva Dryžaitė; Christian T. Elbæk; Peter Fedor; Ana M. Fernández; Regina Fernandez-Morales; Márta Fülöp; Vladimer Lado Gamsakhurdia; Leonor Garcia-Gómez; Leonel Garcia-Marques; Jimena Garduño-Franco; María del Pilar Grazioso; Fanny Habacht; Youssef Hasan; Camila P. Haugestad; Christian A.P. Haugestad; Jan Havlíček; Earl J. Hernandez; Vu M. Hoang; Minsung Hong; Ivana Hromatko; Dzintra Iliško; Hirotaka Imada; Ivana Jakšić; Tomasz Jarmakowski; Harpa L. Hjördísar Jónsdóttir; Kotrina Kajokaite; Šárka Kaňková; Nicolas Kervyn; Jinseok P. Kim; Jonas R. Kunst; Michael Laakasuo; Juan David Leongómez; Norman P. Li; Junsong Lu; Nathan Lynch; María A. Maegli; Harry Manley; Gabriela Marcu; Thea McAfee; Panagiotis Mitkidis; Nándor B. Molnár; Coby Morvinski; Haslina Muhamad; Pegah Nejat; Hoang Nguyen Huy; Angelica N. Oliveira; Mats J. Olsson; Charity N. Onyishi; Ike E. Onyishi; Reegan Orozco; Tobias Otterbring; Ida S. Ottersen; Gustavo Pacheco-López; Penny Panagiotopoulou; Walter Paniagua; Roksana Parvin; Zoran Pavlović; Pavol Prokop; Emma Raffman; Muhammad Rizwan; Sheila Rojas; Joanna Różycka-Tran; Oscar R. Sánchez; Heyla Selim; Barış Sevi; Yaniv Shani; Madhulika S. Shastry; Stefan Stieger; Eunkook M. Suh; Melati Sumari; Kosuke Takemura; Arnaud Tognetti; Roberta Z.R. Trombetta; Joshua M. Tybur; Eylul B. Ucak; Yukiko Uchida; Jaroslava V. Valentova; Hugo Viciana; Amandine Visine; Jin Wang; XT (Xiao Tian) Wang; Illia I. Yahiiaiev; Rizqy A. Zein; Iris Žeželj

doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2025.04.020

I see sick people: Beliefs about sensory detection of infectious disease are largely consistent across cultures

Joshua M. Ackerman
, Theodore Samore
, Daniel M.T. Fessler
, Tom R. Kupfer
, Soyeon Choi
, Wilson N. Merrell
, Lene Aarøe
, Toivo Aavik
, Stephen Acabado
, Grace Akello
, Ilham N. Alfian
, Laith Al-Shawaf
, Marinés M. Alvarez
, Jeanine Ammann
, Gizem Arikan
, Saiyeda A. Asha
, Anibal M. Astobiza
, Carmen G. Baeza-Ugarte
, Pat Barclay
, Fiona Kate Barlow

Lisiane Bizarro, Paola Bressan, Andres Castellanos-Chacón, Bryan K.C. Choy, Achmad Chusairi, Jorge Contreras-Garduño, Brenda L. Chávez Cosamalón, Bernardo Costa-Neves, Mallika De, Tiago J.S. de Lima, Piyanjali de Zoysa, Ieva Dryžaitė, Christian T. Elbæk, Peter Fedor, Ana M. Fernández, Regina Fernandez-Morales, Márta Fülöp, Vladimer Lado Gamsakhurdia, Leonor Garcia-Gómez, Leonel Garcia-Marques, Jimena Garduño-Franco, María del Pilar Grazioso, Fanny Habacht, Youssef Hasan, Camila P. Haugestad, Christian A.P. Haugestad, Jan Havlíček, Earl J. Hernandez, Vu M. Hoang, Minsung Hong, Ivana Hromatko, Dzintra Iliško, Hirotaka Imada, Ivana Jakšić, Tomasz Jarmakowski, Harpa L. Hjördísar Jónsdóttir, Kotrina Kajokaite, Šárka Kaňková, Nicolas Kervyn, Jinseok P. Kim, Jonas R. Kunst, Michael Laakasuo, Juan David Leongómez, Norman P. Li, Junsong Lu, Nathan Lynch, María A. Maegli, Harry Manley, Gabriela Marcu, Thea McAfee, Panagiotis Mitkidis, Nándor B. Molnár, Coby Morvinski, Haslina Muhamad, Pegah Nejat, Hoang Nguyen Huy, Angelica N. Oliveira, Mats J. Olsson, Charity N. Onyishi, Ike E. Onyishi, Reegan Orozco, Tobias Otterbring, Ida S. Ottersen, Gustavo Pacheco-López, Penny Panagiotopoulou, Walter Paniagua, Roksana Parvin, Zoran Pavlović, Pavol Prokop, Emma Raffman, Muhammad Rizwan, Sheila Rojas, Joanna Różycka-Tran, Oscar R. Sánchez, Heyla Selim, Barış Sevi, Yaniv Shani, Madhulika S. Shastry, Stefan Stieger, Eunkook M. Suh, Melati Sumari, Kosuke Takemura, Arnaud Tognetti, Roberta Z.R. Trombetta, Joshua M. Tybur, Eylul B. Ucak, Yukiko Uchida, Jaroslava V. Valentova, Hugo Viciana, Amandine Visine, Jin Wang, XT (Xiao Tian) Wang, Illia I. Yahiiaiev, Rizqy A. Zein, Iris Žeželj

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	737-750
Number of pages	14
Journal	Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
Volume	128
Early online date	22 Apr 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2025.04.020
Publication status	Published - Aug 2025

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Keywords

Behavioral immune system
Culture
Iterpersonal perception
Pathogen threat
Sensation
Threat detection

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Ackerman, J. M., Samore, T., Fessler, D. M. T., Kupfer, T. R., Choi, S., Merrell, W. N., Aarøe, L., Aavik, T., Acabado, S., Akello, G., Alfian, I. N., Al-Shawaf, L., Alvarez, M. M., Ammann, J., Arikan, G., Asha, S. A., Astobiza, A. M., Baeza-Ugarte, C. G., Barclay, P., ... Žeželj, I. (2025). I see sick people: Beliefs about sensory detection of infectious disease are largely consistent across cultures. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 128, 737-750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2025.04.020

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AU - Choi, Soyeon

AU - Merrell, Wilson N.

AU - Aarøe, Lene

AU - Aavik, Toivo

AU - Acabado, Stephen

AU - Akello, Grace

AU - Alfian, Ilham N.

AU - Al-Shawaf, Laith

AU - Alvarez, Marinés M.

AU - Ammann, Jeanine

AU - Arikan, Gizem

AU - Asha, Saiyeda A.

AU - Astobiza, Anibal M.

AU - Baeza-Ugarte, Carmen G.

AU - Barclay, Pat

AU - Barlow, Fiona Kate

AU - Bizarro, Lisiane

AU - Bressan, Paola

AU - Castellanos-Chacón, Andres

AU - Choy, Bryan K.C.

AU - Chusairi, Achmad

AU - Contreras-Garduño, Jorge

AU - Chávez Cosamalón, Brenda L.

AU - Costa-Neves, Bernardo

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AU - Li, Norman P.

AU - Lu, Junsong

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AU - Marcu, Gabriela

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AU - Mitkidis, Panagiotis

AU - Molnár, Nándor B.

AU - Morvinski, Coby

AU - Muhamad, Haslina

AU - Nejat, Pegah

AU - Huy, Hoang Nguyen

AU - Oliveira, Angelica N.

AU - Olsson, Mats J.

AU - Onyishi, Charity N.

AU - Onyishi, Ike E.

AU - Orozco, Reegan

AU - Otterbring, Tobias

AU - Ottersen, Ida S.

AU - Pacheco-López, Gustavo

AU - Panagiotopoulou, Penny

AU - Paniagua, Walter

AU - Parvin, Roksana

AU - Pavlović, Zoran

AU - Prokop, Pavol

AU - Raffman, Emma

AU - Rizwan, Muhammad

AU - Rojas, Sheila

AU - Różycka-Tran, Joanna

AU - Sánchez, Oscar R.

AU - Selim, Heyla

AU - Sevi, Barış

AU - Shani, Yaniv

AU - Shastry, Madhulika S.

AU - Stieger, Stefan

AU - Suh, Eunkook M.

AU - Sumari, Melati

AU - Takemura, Kosuke

AU - Tognetti, Arnaud

AU - Trombetta, Roberta Z.R.

AU - Tybur, Joshua M.

AU - Ucak, Eylul B.

AU - Uchida, Yukiko

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AU - Viciana, Hugo

AU - Visine, Amandine

AU - Wang, Jin

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