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Episode 26: COVID-19 and the Behavioral Immune System: Joshua Ackerman
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How do people behave in a pandemic? Joshua Ackerman of the University of Michigan talks about how we alter our behavior in the face of pathogens. A repertoire of responses (such as avoidance) referred to as the "behavioral immune system" is a way for humans to avoid pathogens BEFORE our biochemical immune system encounters them. A pandemic such as COVID-19 may trigger this behavioral immune system, but using far different information than our evolutionary ancestors ever had.
Joshua Ackerman's research page at Michigan
Special Guest: Joshua Ackerman.
67 episodes
Manage episode 256947443 series 2482909
Season 2 premiere!
How do people behave in a pandemic? Joshua Ackerman of the University of Michigan talks about how we alter our behavior in the face of pathogens. A repertoire of responses (such as avoidance) referred to as the "behavioral immune system" is a way for humans to avoid pathogens BEFORE our biochemical immune system encounters them. A pandemic such as COVID-19 may trigger this behavioral immune system, but using far different information than our evolutionary ancestors ever had.
Joshua Ackerman's research page at Michigan
Special Guest: Joshua Ackerman.
67 episodes
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