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

מידע ביבליוגרפי
מחבר ראשי: Kawai, Nobuyuki (Author)
מחבר תאגידי: SpringerLink (Online service)
סיכום:XIV, 187 p. 57 illus., 12 illus. in color.
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שפה:אנגלית
יצא לאור: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
מהדורה:1st ed. 2019.
סדרה:The Science of the Mind,
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גישה מקוונת:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7530-9
פורמט: אלקטרוני ספר
תוכן הענינים:
  • 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.