From: The Toronto Star
How a bottle of hand sanitizer can make you conservative
April 13, 2011
The Toronto Star:
Just standing next to a bottle of hand sanitizer brings out the conservative in people, a Cornell University study has found.
And just looking at a reminder to wash your hands can bring out the sexual puritan, according to the research in the journal Psychological Science.
“It is weird,” allows study co-author Erik Helzer, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Psychology.
“These results suggest that everyday reminders of cleanliness (“Employees must wash hands before returning to work” signs or hand sanitation stations) may have unintended effects on people’s social attitudes.”
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