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Involuntary protection against dermatosis: A preliminary observation on trypophobia

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 avoidance of...

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Autores principales: Yamada, Yuki, Sasaki, Kyoshiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29191212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2953-6