Snakes, spiders, guns, and syringes: How specific are evolutionary constraints on the detection of threatening stimuli?

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1484-1504

  Blanchette, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEAR; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SNAKE; SPIDER; SYRINGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEAR; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SNAKES; SPIDERS; SYRINGES;

EID: 33746020805     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980543000204     Document Type: Review

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