Revisiting “The Malicious Serpent”: Phylogenetically Threatening Stimulus Marked in the Human Brain

L Biondi, N Gomes, RS Maior, SC Soares - Emotion Review, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Twenty years ago, Öhman and Mineka's publication “The Malicious Serpent” emphasized
the selective pressure ancestral reptiles would have on early mammals' visual system …

Dimensions of Animality: Expanding nomological breadth and controlling phenotypic similarity

M Peñaherrera-Aguirre, NG Steklis, C Salmon… - Personality and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The present set of studies aims to further validate and extend the body of research that
addresses human attitudes towards other animals. We begin with a review of the relevant …

Spot the odd one out: do snake pictures capture macaques' attention more than other predators?

K Zeller, S Ballesta, H Meunier, J Duboscq, L Morino… - Animal Cognition, 2023 - Springer
Detecting and identifying predators quickly is key to survival. According to the Snake
Detection Theory (SDT), snakes have been a substantive threat to primates for millions of …

Human-animal interactions from an evolutionary perspective: Symbioses as extended ultrasociality

HD Steklis, NG Steklis… - Human-Animal …, 2023 - cabidigitallibrary.org
The field of human-animal interactions (HAI) is focused primarily on human-companion
animal relationships, especially the impact of such relationships on human health. Here, we …

Anti‐Snake Behavior and Snake Discrimination in Vervet Monkeys

L Schad, E van de Waal, J Fischer - Ethology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Anti‐predator behavior can inform how animals classify potential threats and which cognitive
mechanisms might be involved in risk assessment. Snakes are common predators for many …

Reakce na nebezpečná zvířata v Evropě a Africe-pozornost a emoce

I Štolhoferová - 2024 - dspace.cuni.cz
Tato práce se zaměřuje na emoce, které vyvolávají různá zvířata, a na pozornost, která je
těmto zvířatům věnována, ve dvou zcela odlišných lidských populacích-v České republice a …