Are snakes and spiders special? Acquisition of negative valence and modified attentional processing by non-fear-relevant animal stimuli

Previous research has demonstrated differences in processing between fear-relevant stimuli, such as snakes and spiders, and non-fear-relevant stimuli. The current research examined whether non-fear-relevant animal stimuli, such as dogs, birds and fish, were processed like fear-relevant stimuli follo...

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Main Authors: Purkis, H., Lipp, Ottmar
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34062