Threat is in the Sex of the Beholder: Men Find Weapons Faster than do Women
In visual displays, people locate potentially threatening stimuli, such as snakes, spiders, and weapons, more quickly than similar benign stimuli, such as beetles and gadgets. Such biases are likely adaptive, facilitating fast responses to potential threats. Currently, and historically, men have eng...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2014-04-01
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| Series: | Evolutionary Psychology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491401200505 |