How people experience nature influences their attitudes and actions towards it. Having had
a negative encounter with an animal may facilitate avoidance and freezing responses which …

Driver's risk perception ability is of great significance to traffic safety. Driver's risk perception
ability is reflected in the risk handling in traffic situation and has a great impact on driving …

While it has been suggested that more than a quarter of the whole population is at risk of
develo** some form of specific phobia (SP) during their lives, we still know little about the …

Worldwide, urbanization has created completely novel environments, which bring many
conveniences but carry several drawbacks too. One of the most important disadvantages is …

Habitat destruction and snake persecution are the leading causes of the decline of snake
populations worldwide, highlighting the need to formulate scientifically robust conservation …

Background A specific phobia is an anxiety disorder that is characterised by persistent and
excessive fear in the presence of the object of the phobia. Animal phobias are the most …

Individuals with high levels of blood-injection-injury (BII) fears are more likely to avoid health
screenings, vaccination, and even minor medical interventions. This could result in more …

Latent inhibition refers to the retardation in learning an association between a target
stimulus and an outcome when the target stimulus has been pre-exposed in the absence of …

Field studies with hunter-gatherers suggest that snakes were both prey, predators, and
ecological competitors to humans, which might have shaped human's ambivalence to …

Background A specific phobia is an anxiety disorder that is characterised by persistent and
excessive fear in the presence of the object of the phobia. Animal phobias are the most …