Human sickness detection is not dependent on cultural experience.
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To test this, we presented Western faces photographed 2 h after the experimental induction of an acute immune response to one Western and five non-Western communities, including small-scale hunter-gatherer and large urban-dwelling communities. All communities could detect …
To test this, we presented Western faces photographed 2 h after the experimental induction of an acute immune response to one Western and fi …