Hans de Vries Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 What brain regions/network are involved in disgust recognition? Like, the ones that make you feel revulsion while touching one's poop or any other similarily disgusting stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious layman Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 26 minutes ago, Hans de Vries said: What brain regions/network are involved in disgust recognition? Like, the ones that make you feel revulsion while touching one's poop or any other similarily disgusting stuff? Wild ass guess, Some people like touching poop, and find 'disgusting stuff' interesting. So I think it's more learned behaviour than an actual thing in our brain. Going of the picture, that would suggest, to me anyway, the Sensory cortex, the Frontal lobe and the Temporal lobe is responsible. Complete guess of course. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Disgust is too broad a term. It's a social avoidance mechanism, a pathogen avoidance system, and so much more. If the stimuli comes in through odor, it follows a different path than if it comes in through vision, and if it's an imagined item or something we read about in a book, it follows yet another path. The question is in the OP is so broad as to be unanswerable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans de Vries Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 I've just read it's the insula but there may be more to it... probably is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MigL Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Can only speak for my brain ... More and more, it is the same area of the brain that I use to 'read' the News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now