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Visual attributes of spiders associated with aversiveness in spider-fearful individuals: A machine learning analysis

2024-06-14

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<p>Spiders are among the most diverse and evolutionarily successful taxa in the animal kingdom. Nevertheless, their popularity with humans is low, and arachnophobia, which is characterized by an intense and irrational fear of spiders, is one of the most common specific phobias. While it is clear that spiders generally evoke aversive responses in humans, it is a highly understudied question which visual attributes...

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DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/ht2pr

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