Human attitude toward reptiles: A relationship between fear, disgust, and aesthetic preferences

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023752%3A_____%2F19%3A43919864" target="_blank" >RIV/00023752:_____/19:43919864 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/19:10396724
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/5/238" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/5/238</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9050238" target="_blank" >10.3390/ani9050238</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Human attitude toward reptiles: A relationship between fear, disgust, and aesthetic preferences
Original language description
Focusing on one group of animals can bring interesting results regarding our attitudes toward them and show the key features that our evaluation of such animals is based on. Thus, we designed a study of human perception of all reptiles focusing on the relationship between perceived fear, disgust, and aesthetic preferences and differences between snakes and other reptiles. Two sets containing 127 standardized photos of reptiles were developed, with one species per each subfamily. Respondents were asked to rate the animals according to fear, disgust, and beauty on a seven-point Likert scale. Evaluation of reptile species shows that people tend to perceive them as two clearly distinct groups based on their similar morphotype. In a subset of lizards, there was a positive correlation between fear and disgust, while disgust and fear were both negatively correlated with beauty. Surprisingly, a positive correlation between fear and beauty of snakes was revealed, i.e., the most feared species also tend to be perceived as beautiful. Snakes represent a distinct group of animals that is also reflected in the theory of attentional prioritization of snakes as an evolutionary relevant threat.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50103 - Cognitive sciences

Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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