A case of spider phobia in a congenitally blind person

作者：Musial Frauke; Kolassa Iris Tatjana^*; Suelzenbrueck Sandra; Miltner Wolfgang H R

来源：Psychiatry Research, 2007, 153(1): 97-101.

DOI：10.1016/j.psychres.2006.12.017

• spider phobia
• congenital blindness
• acquisition of phobias

Vision is the key sensory system in humans, leading to the implicit assumption that the acquisition of spider phobia is predominantly mediated through the visual pathway. We report on a congenitally blind person with spider phobia, showing that the acquisition of spider phobia does not necessarily depend on visual cues.

• 出版日期2007-9-30