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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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kawai, Nobuyuki (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
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.