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Dr Micheal De Barra
Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Andersson, PA., Vartanova, I., Västfjäll, D., Tinghög, G., Strimling, P., Wu, J., et al. (2024) 'Anger and disgust shape judgments of social sanctions across cultures, especially in high individual autonomy societies'. Scientific Reports, 14 (1). pp. 1 - 12. ISSN: 2045-2322

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Andrighetto, G., Szekely, A., Guido, A., Gelfand, M., Abernathy, J., Arikan, G., et al. (2024) 'Changes in social norms during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic across 43 countries'. Nature Communications, 15 (1). pp. 1 - 11. ISSN: 2041-1723

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de Barra, M., Hakimy, K. and de Bruin, M. (2023) 'Signalling need for care: A neglected functional role of medical treatment'. Evolution Medicine and Public Health, 11 (1). pp. 363 - 378. ISSN: 2050-6201

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Brown, RCH. and de Barra, M. (2023) 'A Taxonomy of Non-honesty in Public Health Communication'. Public Health Ethics, 15 (1). pp. 86 - 101. ISSN: 1754-9973

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de Barra, M. and Brown, R. (2023) 'Public health communication should be more transparent'. Nature Human Behaviour, 7 (5). pp. 662 - 664. ISSN: 2397-3374

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Brown, R., de Barra, M. and Earp, B. (2022) 'Broad Medical Uncertainty and the Ethical Obligation for Openness'. Synthese: an international journal for epistemology, methodology and philosophy of science, 200 (2). pp. 1 - 29. ISSN: 0039-7857

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Eriksson, K., Strimling, P., Gelfand, M., Van Lange, P., de Barra, M. and 103 other authors. (2021) 'Perceptions of the appropriate response to norm violation in 57 societies'. Nature Communications, 12 (1). pp. 1 - 11. ISSN: 2041-1723

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de Barra, M., Cownden, D. and Jansson, F. (2019) 'Aversive medical treatments as a signal of need for support: a mathematical model'. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 1. pp. e4. ISSN: 2513-843X

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Gon, G., de Bruin, M., de Barra, M., Ali, S., Oona, C., Graham, W., et al. (2018) 'Hands washing, glove use, and avoiding recontamination before aseptic procedures at birth: A multicenter time-and-motion study conducted in Zanzibar'. American Journal of Infection Control, 47 (2). pp. 149 - 156. ISSN: 0196-6553

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de Barra, M., Scott, CL., Scott, NW., Johnston, M., de Bruinarijn, M., Nkansah, N., et al. (2018) 'Pharmacist services for non-hospitalised patients (Review)'. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018 (9). pp. CD013102. ISSN: 1469-493X

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Curtis, V. and de Barra, M. (2018) 'The structure and function of pathogen disgust'. Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 373 (1751). pp. 1 - 17. ISSN: 0962-8436

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Strimling, P., de Barra, M. and Eriksson, K. (2018) 'Asymmetries in punishment propensity may drive the civilizing process'. Nature Human Behaviour, 2 (2). pp. 148 - 155. ISSN: 2397-3374

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de Barra, M. (2017) 'Reporting bias inflates the reputation of medical treatments: A comparison of outcomes in clinical trials and online product reviews'. Social Science and Medicine, 177. pp. 248 - 255. ISSN: 0277-9536

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Tybur, JM., Inbar, Y., Aarøe, L., Barclay, P., Barlowe, FK., de Barra, M., et al. (2016) 'Parasite stress and pathogen avoidance relate to distinct dimensions of political ideology across 30 nations'. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113 (44). pp. 12408 - 12413. ISSN: 0027-8424

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Eriksson, K., Coultas, JC. and de Barra, M. (2016) 'Cross-Cultural Differences in Emotional Selection on Transmission of Information'. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 16 (1-2). pp. 122 - 143. ISSN: 1567-7095

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de Barra, M., Eriksson, K. and Strimling, P. (2014) 'How feedback biases give ineffective medical treatments a good reputation'. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 16 (8). pp. e193. ISSN: 1438-8871

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de Barra, M., Islam, MS. and Curtis, V. (2014) 'Disgust sensitivity is not associated with health in a rural Bangladeshi sample'. PLoS ONE, 9 (6). pp. e100444 - e100444. ISSN: 1932-6203

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De Barra, M., deBruine, LM., Jones, BC., Mahmud, ZH. and Curtis, VA. (2013) 'Illness in childhood predicts face preferences in adulthood'. Evolution and Human Behavior, 34 (6). pp. 384 - 389. ISSN: 1090-5138

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De Barra, M. and Curtis, V. (2012) 'Are the pathogens of out-groups really more dangerous?'. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 35 (2). pp. 85 - 86. ISSN: 0140-525X

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Fleischman, DS., Webster, GD., Judah, G., De Barra, M., Aunger, R. and Curtis, VA. (2011) 'Sensor recorded changes in rates of hand washing with soap in response to the media reports of the H1N1 pandemic in Britain'. BMJ Open, 1 (2). pp. e000127 - e000127. ISSN: 2044-6055

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Curtis, V., de Barra, M. and Aunger, R. (2011) 'Disgust as an adaptive system for disease avoidance behaviour'. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 366 (1563). pp. 389 - 401. ISSN: 0962-8436

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