A new paper published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science looks at research with infants and young children and finds that we are not born with a fear of snakes and spiders but are rather taught to fear them. Research shows that we can just the same be taught to fear flowers but of course the fear of snakes and spiders is learned faster and lasts longer. To view the full text of the findings Click Here.
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Great topic Jason !!! Education really is a must in the hobby and the people that proclaim snakes to be mean and aggressive are the ones that terrorize others without a knowledge base for themselves.