Core Disgust is rooted in a psycho-evolutionary response and relates primarily to food and its rejection, often due to unpleasant odors or other repulsive qualities. This type of disgust serves as a protective mechanism against oral contamination from food, animals, or bodily products. Animal Reminder Disgust, on the other hand, extends this sense of repulsion to objects that are visually or tactilely offensive. It represents a broadening of oral disgust to other sensory systems, involving things related to death, hygiene, and the body's surface, such as blood.

This form of disgust is influenced by the imagination, triggered by the sight of an object and an awareness of its nature.


Imagine swimming in green slime.