Fear of Holes

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1980-1985

  Cole, Geoff G ^a   Wilkins, Arnold J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aposematism; avoidance; evolution; evolutionary psychology; fear; holes; phobia; threat; trypophobia; vision; visual stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APOSEMATISM; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY; FEAR; HOLES; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOBIA; POISONOUS ANIMAL; THREAT; TRYPOPHOBIA; VISION; VISUAL STRESS;

APOSEMATISM; AVOIDANCE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY; FEAR; HOLES; PHOBIA; THREAT; TRYPOPHOBIA; VISION; VISUAL STRESS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, POISONOUS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOBIC DISORDERS;

EID: 84882799671     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613484937     Document Type: Article

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