Trypophobia as an urbanized emotion: comparative research in ethnic minority regions of China.
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SUBMITTER: Zhu S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7085289 | biostudies-literature | 2020
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Trypophobia as an urbanized emotion: comparative research in ethnic minority regions of China.
Zhu Siqi S Sasaki Kyoshiro K Jiang Yue Y Qian Kun K Yamada Yuki Y
PeerJ 20200318
Trypophobia is a strong emotion of disgust evoked by clusters of holes or round objects (e.g., lotus seed pod). It has become increasingly popular and been studied since 2010s, mainly in the West and Japan. Considering this, trypophobia might be a modern emotion, and hence urbanization possibly plays key roles in trypophobia. To address this issue, we compared the degree of trypophobia between urban and less urban people in China. In an experiment, we asked participants about their degree of dis ...[more]
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