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Evolutionary psychology

the proposal that predation by snakes drove the expansion of primate visual systems, giving a fast and preferential detection of snakes.

In evolutionary psychology, snake detection theory refers to the proposal that predation by snakes drove the expansion of primate visual systems, giving a fast and preferential detection of snakes. This meaning comes from Isbell (2006) in Journal of Human Evolution.[1]

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Isbell, L. A. (2006). Snakes as agents of evolutionary change in primate brains. Journal of Human Evolution, 51(1), 1-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.12.012

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