Specificity of spiders among fear- and disgust-eliciting arthropods: Spiders are special, but phobics not so much
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023752%3A_____%2F21%3A43920742" target="_blank" >RIV/00023752:_____/21:43920742 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/21:10435866
Result on the web
<a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0257726" target="_blank" >https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0257726</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257726" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pone.0257726</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Specificity of spiders among fear- and disgust-eliciting arthropods: Spiders are special, but phobics not so much
Original language description
To investigate a specificity of spiders as a prototypical fear- and disgust-eliciting stimuli, we conducted an online experiment. The respondents rated images of 25 spiders, 12 non-spider chelicerates, and 10 other arthropods on a fear and disgust 7-point scale. The evaluation of 968 Central European respondents confirmed the specificity of spiders among fear- and disgust-eliciting arthropods and supported the notion of spiders as a cognitive category. We delineated this category as covering extant spider species as well as some other chelicerates bearing a physical resemblance to spiders, mainly whip spiders and camel spiders. We suggested calling this category the spider-like cognitive category. We discussed evolutionary roots of the spider-like category and concluded that its roots should be sought in fear, with disgust being secondary of the two emotions. We suggested other chelicerates, e.g., scorpions, might have been important in formation and fixation of the spider-like category. Further, we investigated an effect of respondent’s sensitivity to a specific fear of spiders on evaluation of the stimuli. We found that suspected phobic respondents were in their rating nearly identical to those with only high fear of spiders and similar to those with only moderate fear of spiders. We concluded that results based on healthy respondents with elevated fear should also be considered relevant for arachnophobia research.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
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
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA19-07164S" target="_blank" >GA19-07164S: Aversive response to spiders and the underlying emotions</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
PLoS One
ISSN
1932-6203
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
16
Issue of the periodical within the volume
9
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
24
Pages from-to
"e0257726"
UT code for WoS article
000725694500060
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85115775683