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The Greater Your Fear, the Larger the Spider
Fear canِ distort ourِ perceptions, psychological research indicates, andِ creepy-crawly spiders areِ no different.
People whoِ areِ afraid ofِ spiders seeِ the arachnids asِ bigger thanِ they actuallyِ are, recentِ experiments haveِ shown.
To clarify, inِ more recentِ experiments, Vasey andِ his colleagues asked participates toِ draw theِ length ofِ the spider whileِ lookingِ atِ it.
