@article {Shidlovski2011,
	title = {When Pooping Babies Become More Appealing},
	journal = {Psychological Science},
	volume = {22},
	year = {2011},
	month = {11},
	pages = {1381-1385},
	abstract = {<p>
	In this report, we argue that the intensity of the emotions people experience is partly determined by the goals they nonconsciously pursue, and that this effect is functional in nature: Emotions are modulated in ways that may increase the probability of goal achievement. To test this hypothesis, we primed female participants with a motherhood goal and then measured their level of disgust in response to mildly disgusting pictures. Priming led to a reduction of disgust in response to goal-relevant stimuli (e.g., pictures of babies with runny noses) but not goal-irrelevant stimuli. This effect was moderated by the women{\textquoteright}s probability of conception, a proxy of their ability to pursue the motherhood goal.
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},
	issn = {0956-7976},
	doi = {10.1177/0956797611417135},
	author = {Daniella Shidlovski and Ran R. Hassin}
}
