The Fear of Snakes Evolutionary and Psychobiological Perspectives on Our Innate Fear /

Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Kawai, Nobuyuki (VerfasserIn)
Körperschaft: SpringerLink (Online service)
Zusammenfassung:XIV, 187 p. 57 illus., 12 illus. in color.
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Ausgabe:1st ed. 2019.
Schriftenreihe:The Science of the Mind,
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Online-Zugang:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7530-9
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.