Dangerous Animals Capture and Maintain Attention in Humans

Predation is a major source of natural selection on primates and may have shaped attentional processes that allow primates to rapidly detect dangerous animals. Because ancestral humans were subjected to predation, a process that continues at very low frequencies, we examined the visual processes by...

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Main Authors: Jessica L. Yorzinski, Michael J. Penkunas, Michael L. Platt, Richard G. Coss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-07-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491401200304