Becoming a parent can permanently dampen the brain’s disgust response, as exposure to bodily mess gradually rewires how ...

Disgust is an emotion to which I never gave much thought. It was just something that happened to me if I was "grossed out" by something. But after practicing psychotherapy for several years, disgust ...

From diaper changes to nursing care, exposure to unpleasant substances is a daily reality for millions of people, but how ...

In what's called 'benign masochism,' some people find the feeling of disgust pleasurable. Ocskaymark/iStock via Getty Images. Halloween is a time to embrace all that is disgusting, from bloody slasher ...

USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and University of Southern California provide funding as members of The Conversation US. Countless parents across the country recently dropped their ...