title: Disgusting smells cause decreased liking of gay men.
abstract: An induction of disgust can lead to more negative attitudes toward an entire social group: Participants who were exposed to a noxious ambient odor reported less warmth toward gay men. This effect of disgust was equally strong for political liberals and conservatives, and was specific to attitudes toward gay men-there was only a weak effect of disgust on people's warmth toward lesbians, and no consistent effect on attitudes toward African Americans, the elderly, or a range of political issues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Psychology, Tilburg University, the Netherlands. yinbar@uvt.nl
authors.forename: Yoel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inbar
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Pizarro
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bloom
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000523:psychology; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009812:Odorants; D055696:Olfactory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D011057:Politics; D012938:Social Perception; D055815:Young Adult