Training Improves Avoidance of Natural Sick Faces: Changes in Visual Attention and Approach Decisions.

Tiffany S Leung, Krisztina V Jakobsen, Sarah E Maylott, Arushi Malik, Shuo Zhang, Elizabeth A Simpson

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Article in Vision (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Tiffany S LeungDepartment of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6719-4370

Krisztina V JakobsenDepartment of Psychology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22801, USA.

Sarah E MaylottDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7388-8640

Arushi MalikDepartment of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA.

Shuo ZhangDepartment of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA.

Elizabeth A SimpsonDepartment of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2715-2533

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Characterizing early signs of neurobehavioral dysregulation in infants at increased risk for behavioral disordersK99MH136292 · NIMH · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI MAYLOTT, SARAH E. · 2024 to 2025

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Alvin V., Jr. and Nancy C. Baird Professorship N/AAmerican Psychological Foundation N/ANIMH NIH HHS K99 MH136292NSF CAREER Award 1653737University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences Academic Year Dissertation Award N/A

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Abstract

Humans evolved a behavioral immune system to avoid infectious disease, including the ability to detect sickness in faces. However, it is unclear whether the ability to recognize and avoid facial cues of disease is malleable, flexibly calibrated by experience. Thus, we experimentally tested whether we can improve adults' (

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behavioral immune systempathogen avoidancesick face perceptionvisual attention

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PMID40407621

DOI10.3390/vision9020039

PMCPMC12101381

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