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ERC Consolidator Grant · 2021

The Psychological Underpinnings of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions

Infectious diseases cripple well-being, batter economies, and kill millions annually. These negative consequences can be drastically reduced via nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) – behaviors that reduce the spread of pathogens. A wealth of recent theoretical and empirical work has illuminated how and why disgust intuitively motivates some NPIs, such as avoiding bodily wastes and spoiled foods. However, disgust does little to inhibit transmission via aerosols, respiratory droplets, and fomites – key pathways for the respiratory pathogens that circulate seasonally, have caused recent pandemics, and will cause the pandemics of the future. Hence, even with advances in our understanding of…

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