Human Attitude toward Reptiles: A Relationship between Fear, Disgust, and Aesthetic Preferences

Beauty ranking of mammalian species kept in the Prague Zoo: does beauty of animals increase the respondents’ willingness to protect them?

(2018) Eva Landová et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Taxonomic bias in biodiversity data and societal preferences

(2017) Julien Troudet et al.   Scientific Reports

Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata) quickly detect snakes but not spiders: Evolutionary origins of fear-relevant animals.

(2016) Nobuyuki Kawai et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Bitten by a Dragon

(2016) Stephen D. Ducey et al.   WILDERNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

Attitudes toward Animals among Kindergarten Children: Species Preferences

(2015) Marta Borgi et al.   ANTHROZOOS

Snake pictures draw more early attention than spider pictures in non-phobic women: Evidence from event-related brain potentials

(2014) J.W. Van Strien et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

The Hidden Snake in the Grass: Superior Detection of Snakes in Challenging Attentional Conditions

(2014) Sandra C. Soares et al.   PLoS One

Students’ attitudes toward and knowledge about snakes in the semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil

(2014) Rômulo RN Alves et al.   Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

What Determines Bird Beauty in Human Eyes?

(2013) Silvie Lišková et al.   ANTHROZOOS

A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes

(2013) R Pyron et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Dangerous snakes, deadly snakes and medically important snakes

(2013) Anjana Silva   JOURNAL OF VENOMOUS ANIMALS AND TOXINS INCLUDING TROPICAL DISEASES

Mammalian Collection on Noah's Ark: The Effects of Beauty, Brain and Body Size

(2013) Daniel Frynta et al.   PLoS One

Pulvinar neurons reveal neurobiological evidence of past selection for rapid detection of snakes

(2013) Q. Van Le et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The conservation status of the world’s reptiles

(2012) Monika Böhm et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Phylogenomic analyses support the position of turtles as the sister group of birds and crocodiles (Archosauria)

(2012) Ylenia Chiari et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

The neural correlates of subjective pleasantness

(2012) Simone Kühn et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Practical Work at School Reduces Disgust and Fear of Unpopular Animals

(2012) Christoph Randler et al.   SOCIETY & ANIMALS

Human attitudes towards herpetofauna: The influence of folklore and negative values on the conservation of amphibians and reptiles in Portugal

(2012) Luis MP Ceríaco   Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

A zoological catalogue of hunted reptiles in the semiarid region of Brazil

(2012) Rômulo Nóbrega Alves et al.   Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

MicroRNAs support a turtle + lizard clade

(2011) T. R. Lyson et al.   Biology Letters

A review on human attitudes towards reptiles in Brazil

(2011) Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Disgust: the disease-avoidance emotion and its dysfunctions

(2011) G. C. L. Davey   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Disgust as an adaptive system for disease avoidance behaviour

(2011) V. Curtis et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Hunter-gatherers and other primates as prey, predators, and competitors of snakes

(2011) T. N. Headland et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The association between disgust, danger and fear of macroparasites and human behaviour

(2010) Pavol Prokop et al.   ACTA ETHOLOGICA

Attitudes towards potential animal flagship species in nature conservation: A survey among students of different educational institutions

(2010) Jürg Schlegel et al.   JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION

Being Attractive Brings Advantages: The Case of Parrot Species in Captivity

(2010) Daniel Frynta et al.   PLoS One

Human Young Children as well as Adults Demonstrate ‘Superior’ Rapid Snake Detection When Typical Striking Posture Is Displayed by the Snake

(2010) Nobuo Masataka et al.   PLoS One

Visitor interest in zoo animals and the implications for collection planning and zoo education programmes

(2010) Andrew Moss et al.   ZOO BIOLOGY

Reptiles used for medicinal and magic religious purposes in Brazil

(2009) Rômulo Alves et al.  

Rapid detection of snakes by Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata): An evolutionarily predisposed visual system.

(2009) Masahiro Shibasaki et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Disgust as a disease-avoidance mechanism.

(2009) Megan Oaten et al.   PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN

PSYCHOLOGY: From Oral to Moral

(2009) P. Rozin et al.   SCIENCE

Semantic Profiles of Zoos and Their Animals

(2008) Robert Sommer   ANTHROZOOS

Noah's Ark is full of common species attractive to humans: The case of boid snakes in zoos

(2007) Jana Marešová et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS