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  1. Disgusting clusters: trypophobia as an overgeneralised disease avoidance response.Tom R. Kupfer & An T. D. Le - 2017 - Cognition and Emotion 32 (4):729-741.
    Individuals with trypophobia have an aversion towards clusters of roughly circular shapes, such as those on a sponge or the bubbles on a cup of coffee. It is unclear why the condition exists, given the harmless nature of typical eliciting stimuli. We suggest that aversion to clusters is an evolutionarily prepared response towards a class of stimuli that resemble cues to the presence of parasites and infectious disease. Trypophobia may be an exaggerated and overgeneralised version of this normally adaptive response. (...)
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  • PsychoBehavioroimmunology: Connecting the Behavioral Immune System to Its Physiological Foundations.Damian R. Murray, Marjorie L. Prokosch & Zachary Airington - 2019 - Frontiers in Psychology 10.
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