Curvilinear shapes and the snake detection hypothesis: An ERP study

Psychophysiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 252-257

  Van Strien, Jan W ^a   Christiaans, Gerwin ^a   Franken, Ingmar H A ^a   Huijding, Jorg ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early posterior negativity (EPN); Evolution; Snake detection hypothesis; Snake fear; Spider fear

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE; SPIDER; VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SNAKES; SPIDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955645077     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12564     Document Type: Article

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