Do infants possess an evolved spider-detection mechanism?

Cognition

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 381-393

  Rakison, David H ^a   Derringer, Jaime ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptations; Cognition; Evolution; Fear; Infancy; Perception; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIDER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPIDERS;

EID: 40649112099     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2007.07.022     Document Type: Article

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