News Man’s brain incurs disgusting loss By Bruce Bower November 8, 2004 at 7:05 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Print (Opens in new window) Print After a stroke damaged parts of his brain, a 25-year-old man lost much of his ability to experience disgust, according to a report in the November Nature Neuroscience. The specific brain areas damaged in the stroke process all sorts of sensory and social cues for disgust, contends a team led by neuroscientist Andrew J. Calder of the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge, England.