Article
Interaction between infectious diseases and personality traits: ACP1*C as a potential mediator.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2014
Napolioni Valerio, Murray Damian R, Comings David E, Peters Warren R, Gade-Andavolu Radhika, MacMurray James
Abstract excerpt
In geographical regions characterized by high pathogen prevalence, it has been shown that human populations tend to be characterized by lower levels of extraversion (E) and openness to experience (OtE). According to the "behavioral immune system" hypothesis, the reduction of extraversion and open...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
