The Fear of Snakes Evolutionary and Psychobiological Perspectives on Our Innate Fear /
This book provides a series of compelling evidence that shows that humans have innate fear of snakes. Building on the previous studies on the Snake Detection Theory (SDT), the author presents a summary of psychological and neuropsychological experiments to explain the fear of snakes in humans and pr...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Singapore :
Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer,
2019.
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Έκδοση: | 1st ed. 2019. |
Σειρά: | The Science of the Mind,
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Historical transition of psychological theories of fear: The view of fear in Behaviorism
- Are snakes special in human fear learning and cognition?: The preparedness theory of phobia and the fear module theory
- The Underlying Neuronal Circuits of Fear Learning and the Snake Detection Theory (SDT)
- Ontogeny and phylogeny of snake fear
- Do snakes draw attention more strongly than spiders or other animals?
- Other types of studies showing that snakes hold special status in threat perception
- Searching for the critical features of snakes
- Issues that remain unanswered.