social perception
10/08/2018
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By Rhonda Johansson
Study finds that people who obsess about germs also worry about how they look
Germs and dirt generally have a nocebo effect — did you scratch a part of your body when you read that? Countless studies have shown that just thinking about germs gives us the heebie-jeebies, but a fascinating new analysis concludes that our perceptions of dirt affects our self-image. This is a novel idea that needs […]
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