Animals evoking fear in the cradle of humankind: snakes, scorpions, and large carnivores

D Frynta, HSA Elmi, K Rexová, M Janovcová… - The Science of …, 2023 - Springer
Theories explain the presence of fears and specific phobias elicited by animals in
contemporary WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic) populations …

Attentional, emotional, and behavioral response toward spiders, scorpions, crabs, and snakes provides no evidence for generalized fear between spiders and …

E Landová, I Štolhoferová, B Vobrubová, J Polák… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Spiders are among the animals evoking the highest fear and disgust and such a complex
response might have been formed throughout human evolution. Ironically, most spiders do …

Are vipers prototypic fear-evoking snakes? A cross-cultural comparison of Somalis and Czechs

D Frynta, HSA Elmi, M Janovcová, V Rudolfová… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Snakes are known as highly fear-evoking animals, eliciting preferential attention and fast
detection in humans. We examined the human fear response to snakes in the context of both …

[HTML][HTML] Usability and Affects Study of a Virtual Reality System Toward Scorpion Phobia Exposure Therapy

MJ Gutierrez-Sanchez, JC Gonzalez-Islas… - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this study, we present a framework to develop and evaluate a virtual reality exposure
therapy system with biofeedback toward scorpion phobia treatment. The system is …

Perception of Tactile Disgust: The Role of Object Characteristics, Sensitivity to Different Disgust Subscales and Fear

D Dlouhá, Š Kaňková - Evolutionary Psychological Science, 2024 - Springer
Disgust plays a significant role in pathogen protection, with research highlighting the distinct
contributions of various sensory modalities to the complex disgust reaction. In our study, 113 …

Neural mechanisms of fear responses to emotional stimuli: a preliminary study combining early posterior negativity and electroencephalogram source network …

Q Zang, X Zhao, T Liang, X Liu, C Lou - … wu yi xue Gong Cheng xue …, 2024 - europepmc.org
作为典型的负性情绪, 恐惧情绪普遍存在于日常生活中并显著影响人类行为.
深入了解负性情绪的产生机制有助于提高相关疾病的诊疗效果. 然而大脑面对恐惧情绪刺激时的 …

[HTML][HTML] 情绪刺激下恐惧反应的神经机制: 结合早期后部负波和脑电图源网络分析的初步研究

倩臧, 小茗赵, 铁梁, 秀玲刘… - Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
作为典型的负性情绪, 恐惧情绪普遍存在于日常生活中并显著影响人类行为.
深入了解负性情绪的产生机制有助于提高相关疾病的诊疗效果. 然而大脑面对恐惧情绪刺激时的 …