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	Podcast:		CogNation
	Episode:		Episode 26: COVID-19 and the Behavioral Immune System: Joshua Ackerman
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:55:35
	Publish Date:		2020-03-24 19:00:00
	Description:		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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