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Related: About this forumFocused on Phobias, but is Wonderful Image of Jumping Spider :)

A recent study...
...To try and understand why some people are disgusted by and afraid of spiders, a new study tracked people's eye movements to see what frightens them the most...
...The team recruited 118 undergraduate students for the study and had them focus on image pairs that featured, in the first part of the experiment: (1) spider versus butterfly, (2) spider versus insect, (3) spider eyes versus insect eyes, (4) spider versus non-spider arachnid, and (5) spider versus myriapod (centipedes and millipedes)...
https://www.iflscience.com/scared-of-spiders-your-eye-movements-reveal-youd-rather-focus-on-other-insects-82737
This Arachnid is a Rare Jewel![]()
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Focused on Phobias, but is Wonderful Image of Jumping Spider :) (Original Post)
SorellaLaBefana
4 hrs ago
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Ocelot II
(130,159 posts)1. It's sort of cute.
ret5hd
(22,421 posts)2. reminds me of this:
nocoincidences
(2,486 posts)3. I'm crazy about Jumping Spiders!
They are so cute and funny and active. I have been a big fan of them for most of my 78 years!
I also love big old yellow and black garden spiders.
Callalily
(15,361 posts)4. He is rather cute!