Spiders do not evoke greater early posterior negativity in the event-related potential as snakes
Spiders do not evoke greater early posterior negativity in the event-related potential as snakes
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DOI：
10.1097/wnr.0000000000000227
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发表时间：
2014-09-10
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1.7
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Kawai, Nobuyuki
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作者：
He, Hongshen;Kubo, Kenta;Kawai, Nobuyuki
长期以来，人们一直认为蛇和蜘蛛都是人类恐惧刺激的原型。此外，蛇被认为是对非人类灵长类动物更强的威胁线索。然而，目前尚不清楚蜘蛛在人类感知中是否具有特殊地位。目前的研究探讨了与蜘蛛相似的昆虫相比，蜘蛛图片在多大程度上吸引了早期视觉注意[通过早期后负性（EPN）评估]。为了测量 EPN，参与者观看了随机快速连续显示的图片，其中包括两种情况：蜘蛛状况（蜘蛛、黄蜂、大黄蜂、甲虫）和蛇状况（蛇、鸟）。 EPN 幅度显示蜘蛛、黄蜂、大黄蜂和甲虫图片之间没有显着差异，而蛇图片的 EPN 幅度相对于鸟类图片明显更大。此外，蛇图片的 EPN 幅度明显大于蜘蛛图片。这些结果表明，蛇对有生命物体的早期视觉注意力捕捉更强，而蜘蛛似乎不具有特殊的早期注意力价值。 (C) 2014 年 Wolters Kluwer Health 垂直条 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins。
It has been long believed that both snakes and spiders are archetypal fear stimuli for humans. Furthermore, snakes have been assumed as stronger threat cues for nonhuman primates. However, it is still unclear whether spiders hold a special status in human perception. The current study explored to what extent spider pictures draw early visual attention [ as assessed with early posterior negativity (EPN)] when compared with insects similar to spiders. To measure the EPN, participants watched a random rapid serial presentation of pictures, which consisted of two conditions: spider condition (spider, wasp, bumblebee, beetle) and snake condition (snake, bird). EPN amplitudes revealed no significant difference between spider, wasp, bumblebee, and beetle pictures, whereas EPN amplitudes were significantly larger for snake pictures relative to bird pictures. In addition, EPN amplitudes were significantly larger for snake pictures relative to spider pictures. These results suggest that the early visual attentional capture of animate objects is stronger for snakes, whereas spiders do not appear to hold special early attentional value. (C) 2014 Wolters Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.