High spider-fearful and low spider-fearful individuals differentially perceive the speed of approaching, but not receding, spider stimuli
J Basanovic, L Dean, JH Riskind… - Cognitive Therapy and …, 2019 - Springer
… There is also evidence that spider-fearful people may have … fast, or low-fearful individuals
to perceive the spider as … stimulus is associated with elevated threat (eg animal fears), …
to perceive the spider as … stimulus is associated with elevated threat (eg animal fears), …
Attentional, emotional, and behavioral response toward spiders, scorpions, crabs, and snakes provides no evidence for generalized fear between spiders and …
… Ironically, most spiders do not present a serious threat, so the … Eye movements were
recorded using the EyeLink1000 eye-… To avoid false-positive effects because of testing multiple …
recorded using the EyeLink1000 eye-… To avoid false-positive effects because of testing multiple …
To approach or to avoid: The role of ambivalent motivation in attentional biases to threat and spider fear
M Xu, K Rowe, C Purdon - Cognitive Therapy and Research, 2021 - Springer
… An emerging body of evidence suggests that visual attention to threat … A unique strength of
this study was that eye movements were … This can be easily done by asking clients to rate their …
this study was that eye movements were … This can be easily done by asking clients to rate their …
You see what you avoid: Fear of spiders and avoidance are associated with predominance of spiders in binocular rivalry
UWD Müller, ABM Gerdes, GW Alpers - Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 2022 - Elsevier
… This research replicates evidence that pictures of spiders … ) the corresponding key as soon
as they detected anything and … out of individuals with variable degrees of fear of spiders (low …
as they detected anything and … out of individuals with variable degrees of fear of spiders (low …
Out of control: The role of spider movement and intolerance of uncertainty in spider fear
M Grill, A Haberkamp - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
… We also informed participants that they should avoid looking away from … the transdiagnostic
risk factor intolerance of uncertainty (IU). … evidence that spider-fearful individuals perceive the …
risk factor intolerance of uncertainty (IU). … evidence that spider-fearful individuals perceive the …
[HTML][HTML] Grab it or not? Measuring avoidance of spiders with touchscreen-based hand movements
… evidence for the automatic avoidance of spiders: Movements … indeed be faster to detect a
threat stimulus, but then be slower to … this would be by also tracking eye movements, in order to …
threat stimulus, but then be slower to … this would be by also tracking eye movements, in order to …
Cue conditioning using a virtual spider discriminates between high and low spider fearful individuals
G Mertens, P Wagensveld, IM Engelhard - Computers in Human Behavior, 2019 - Elsevier
… female participants were able to participate. Participants were … be avoided when we could
precisely identify people at risk of … Our results support the evidence for VR as a promising tool …
precisely identify people at risk of … Our results support the evidence for VR as a promising tool …
Spider vs. guns: expectancy and attention biases to phylogenetic threat do not extend to ontogenetic threat
E Abado, T Aue, H Okon-Singer - Frontiers in psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
… We examined whether unselected participants react faster to guns/spiders than … evidence
and reviews suggest that humans are not predisposed to fear and avoid stimuli such as spiders …
and reviews suggest that humans are not predisposed to fear and avoid stimuli such as spiders …
What makes spiders frightening and disgusting to people?
… occur when the animal is threatened. The elevated body hair … believe that everyone can avoid
killing spiders in their households, … , we have provided some evidence that unattractive (ie, …
killing spiders in their households, … , we have provided some evidence that unattractive (ie, …
Facing your fear in immersive virtual reality: Avoidance behavior in specific phobia
FP Binder, D Pöhlchen, P Zwanzger… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
… through announcements for people with fear of spiders and … never avoided the spider, and
14, if they always avoided the spider. … Interestingly, the phobics touched the spider much faster …
14, if they always avoided the spider. … Interestingly, the phobics touched the spider much faster …