Involuntary protection against dermatosis: A preliminary observation on trypophobia
Abstract Objective Trypophobia refers to the intense negative emotions evoked by exposure to repeated visual patterns like a honeycomb. We propose a cognitive mechanism that can explain why such negative emotions are triggered by trypophobic objects, primarily through automatic and involuntary avoid...
Main Authors: | Yuki Yamada, Kyoshiro Sasaki |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
BMC
2017-12-01
|
Series: | BMC Research Notes |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-2953-6 |
Similar Items
-
Trypophobia as an urbanized emotion: comparative research in ethnic minority regions of China
by: Siqi Zhu, et al.
Published: (2020-03-01) -
Behavioral immune system and trypophobia (tur)
by: Süleyman Öztürk, et al.
Published: (2022-09-01) -
Transformations of Disgust in Interaction
by: Sally Wiggins, et al.
Published: (2023-06-01) -
Affective Neuronal Selection:The Nature of the Primordial Emotion Systems
by: George F R Ellis, et al.
Published: (2013-01-01) -
Język wstrętu jako narzędzie społecznych regulacji. Wstępny zarys problemu.
by: Ignacy Nasalski
Published: (2021-12-01)