Clean, proper and tidy are more than the absence of dirty, disgusting and wrong
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Authors
Schnall, Simone https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4672-7534
Abstract
jats:p The desire to feel clean and pure might not merely be the absence of contamination and resulting feelings of disgust. Instead, it might have a social function because early in evolution social grooming not only involved improved personal hygiene and cleanliness, but also increased group cohesion. Thus, knowing that one’s body is clean, proper and tidy might have social implications that go beyond morality. </jats:p>
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Keywords
clean, disgust, morality, social grooming
Journal Title
Emotion Review
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Journal ISSN
1754-0739
1754-0747
1754-0747
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Publisher
SAGE Publications