Dunkel Curtis S
Death Stud. 2009 Apr;33(4):356-71. doi: 10.1080/07481180802602808.
Three studies were conducted examining the relationship between thoughts of defecation and thoughts of death. In Study 1 and Study 3 it was found that making thoughts of feces salient reduced the accessibility of death thoughts. In Study 2 it was found that making thoughts of death salient decreased the accessibility of feces thoughts. It is proposed that this tendency for keeping thoughts of death and feces separate is part of a broader inclination for keeping the sacred from the profane.
开展了三项研究，探究排便念头与死亡念头之间的关系。在研究1和研究3中发现，使粪便念头凸显会降低死亡念头的可及性。在研究2中发现，使死亡念头凸显会降低粪便念头的可及性。有人提出，这种将死亡念头和粪便念头分开的倾向，是将神圣与世俗分开的更广泛倾向的一部分。
