The smoke-detector principle of pathogen avoidance: A test of how the behavioral immune system gives rise to prejudice
Abstract
Registered report. Stage 1 manuscript available at https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/e874s Published stage 2 article: van Leeuwen, F., Jaeger, B., Axelsson, J., Becker, D. V., Hansson, L. S., Lasselin, J., Lekander, M., Vuorre, M., & Tybur, J. M. (2025). The smoke-detector principle of pathogen avoidance: A test of how the behavioral immune system gives rise to prejudice. Evolution and Human Behavior, 46(5), Article 106716. Available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106716.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
Artificial Immune Systems Applications
Publication details
- Journal / source
- OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)
- Publication date
- 2 June 2026
- Document type
- Preprint