The Lurking Snake in the Grass: Interference of Snake Stimuli in Visually Taxing Conditions
Based on evolutionary considerations, it was hypothesized that humans have been shaped to easily spot snakes in visually cluttered scenes that might otherwise hide camouflaged snakes. This hypothesis was tested in a visual search experiment in which I assessed automatic attention capture to evolutio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2012-04-01
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| Series: | Evolutionary Psychology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491201000202 |