To characterize human emotions, researchers have increasingly utilized Automatic Facial
Expression Analysis (AFEA), which automates the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) and …

Tactile cues are said to be potent elicitors of disgust and reliable markers of disease.
Despite this, no previous study had explored what the full range of tactile properties are that …

One prediction derived from the disease avoidance account of disgust is that proximal
disgust cues (smells, tastes and touches) should elicit this emotion more intensely than …

Expressions of disgust have typically been studied as isolated faces or voices but rarely as
embodied practices in everyday interaction. Building on multimodal interactional research …

Disgust serves to defend the body from the entry of toxins and disease. Central to this
function is a strong relationship with the proximate senses of smell, taste, and touch. Theory …

As stated by Ekman in his Facial Action Coding System (FACS), facial expressions can be
interpreted as the activation of different sets of facial muscles. This recognition skill …

Introduction While disgust is functional in preventing contagion from pathogens, it also plays
a role in various psychopathologies. Disgust responses toward dirt, bodily secretions …

In response to the threat placed by infectious diseases on humans' survival, it is suggested
that humans have a behavioral and physiological immune system. The behavioral immune …

Health care provider training must help trainees and providers grapple directly and
intentionally with their experiences of disgust, such that its negative impact on weight stigma …

This thesis aims to examine the role of the face in human communication from a
multidisciplinary perspective. Only recently have neuroscientists been able to put together a …