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Some specific anima...
Some specific animal fears are more specific than others: Evidence from attention and emotion measures
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- Soares, Sandra (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Esteves, Francisco, 1953- (author)
- ISCTE/Lisbon University Institute, Center for Social Research and Intervention (CIS), Lisbon, Portugal
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- Lundqvist, Daniel (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Öhman, Arne (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Elsevier BV, 2009
- 2009
- English.
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In: Behaviour Research and Therapy. - : Elsevier BV. - 0005-7967 .- 1873-622X. ; 47:12, s. 1032-1042
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- Using a visual search methodology we investigated the effect of feared animal stimuli on attention. Our results confirmed the important role of emotion on attention. All participants detected fear-relevant stimuli (snakes and spiders) faster than neutral (mushrooms) ones against a background of fruits. In addition, spider fearful participants were sensitized specifically to detect their feared stimulus (spiders), compared to their fear-relevant but non-feared (snakes) and neutral stimuli. However, for participants fearful of snakes there was no significant difference in detection latencies between the feared (snakes) and the fear-relevant but non-feared animal stimuli (spiders). The results from the attention task were mirrored in the emotional ratings, which showed that spider fear was highly specific, whereas snake fear was associated with a more generalized enhanced evaluation of all negative stimuli.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Psychology (hsv//eng)
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- art (subject category)
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