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Detection of Emotional Cues of Depression Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
Published in Ram Shringar Raw, Vishal Jain, Sanjoy Das, Meenakshi Sharma, Pandemic Detection and Analysis Through Smart Computing Technologies, 2022
Abhishek A. Vichare, Satishkumar Varma
Human body consist behavioral immune system (BIS) which is bunch of emotional processes which encourages human body to avoid diseases [23]. Due to BIS humans develop negative emotions like anxiety, aversion [11]. In the long term, negative emotion can create serious impact on immune system and physiological Mechanisms [24]. Hence, it is necessary to take precautions to avoid psychological emotions created by COVID-19 pandemic. Mental health is and continues to be a prominent plague for the civilized world [7].
The biological bases of personality
Published in Philip N. Murphy, The Routledge International Handbook of Psychobiology, 2018
Of course, the relationship between personality and health is likely to be complex. Though personality influences health, the likelihood of ill health may also influence personality. In conjunction with the biological immune system that acts directly on infection, the behavioural immune system serves to facilitate avoidance of infection (Schaller, 2011). In a range of species, bolder individuals are more likely to investigate their surroundings and are hence more likely to encounter parasites (Gyuris, Hankó, Feró, & Barta, 2016). In humans, extraversion and openness to experience are associated with infection, and those living in areas with high levels of historic infection report lower levels of extraversion and openness to experience (Schaller & Murray, 2008). It appears that the relationship between these personality traits and infectious diseases may be mediated by polymorphisms on the acid phosphate locus-1 (ACP1) gene, which is known to modulate immune function (Napolioni et al., 2014), though further research is required to identify specific genes influencing health behaviours.
The psychology of coronavirus fear: Are healthcare professionals suffering from corona-phobia?
Published in International Journal of Healthcare Management, 2020
Studies have shown that fear of contagion often leads to harsher behaviors when judging a breach of loyalty or someone who fails to respect authority. Besides making us harsher judges of the people within our social group, the threat of disease can also lead us to be more distrustful strangers. That’s bad news because it results in prejudice and xenophobia. Reports of racism toward people of Asian heritage have surged during the pandemic [11,12]. The influence of the behavioral immune system varies from individual to individual; not everyone would be affected to the same degree. Some people have a particularly sensitive behavioral immune system that makes them react extra strongly to things that they interpret as a potential infection risk [10]. We do not yet have any hard data on the way that the coronavirus outbreak is changing our minds but the theory of the behavioral immune system would certainly suggest that it’s probable.
The Reciprocal Relationship Between Sexual Arousal and Disgust as Evidenced in Automatic Approach-Avoidance Behavior
Published in The Journal of Sex Research, 2020
Jessica Hinzmann, Charmaine Borg, Johan R. L. Verwoerd, Peter J. de Jong
It has been proposed that disgust can be divided into three functional domains: pathogen disgust, sexual disgust, and moral disgust (Tybur, Lieberman, & Griskevicius, 2009; Tybur, Lieberman, Kurzban, & DeScioli, 2013). Pathogen disgust is assumed to function as a “behavioral immune system” preventing contact with and consumption of infectious microorganisms, as described earlier (Schaller, 2006; Schaller & Duncan, 2007). Sexual disgust is assumed to be evolved to avoid partners and behaviors that may jeopardize one’s reproductive success, thereby shrinking the pool to those likely to contribute to the production of healthy offspring. Lastly, moral disgust is assumed to be related to social transgressions. It promotes distance from social relationships with norm-violating individuals that may impose costs on oneself or on members of one’s social network. Thus, in the broadest sense, disgust motivates avoidance of stimuli and individuals that may pose a threat to our survival.