Disgust, creatureliness and the accessibility of death-related thoughts

By Cathy R. Cox, Jamie L. Goldenberg, T. Pyszczynski, Dave Weise. 2007

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Evidence for the DTA hypothesis II: Threatening self-esteem increases death-thought accessibility (2008, background): “Furthermore, exposing people to situations and events that remind them of the fragility of human existence such as cancer patients, persons with disabilities, and human creatureliness have also been shown to increase DTA (Arndt et al., 2007; Cox et al., 2007; Goldenberg et al., 1999; Hirschberger et”
Individual differences predict sensitivity to the uncanny valley (2015, background): “Hypothesis 3: Individuals who rate higher on the Personal Distress subscale of the IRI will perceive androids with nonhuman features as eerier and less warm than others.”
On the Unique Psychological Import of the Human Awareness of Mortality: Theme and Variations (2006, background): “Research has shown that death thought accessibility is increased by subliminal presentation of the numerals 911 or the letters WTC ( Landau et al, 2004 b, Study 4), reminders of cancer ( Arndt, Cook, Goldenberg, & Cox, in press ), reminders of animality ( Cox, Goldenberg, Pyszczynski, & Weise, i”