Episode 26: COVID-19 and the Behavioral Immune System: Joshua Ackerman
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CogNation
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CogNation Media
Media Type |
audio
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Philosophy
Science
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Publication Date |
Mar 24, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:55:35
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 (https://lsa.umich.edu/psych/people/faculty/joshack.html) Special Guest: Joshua Ackerman.

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.

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.

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