CON.CA - Girls are primed to fear spiders

Girls are primed to fear spiders

The sight of eight long black legs scuttling over the floor makes some people scream and run -- and women are four times more likely to take fright than men. Now a study suggests that females are genetically predisposed to develop fears for potentially dangerous animals.

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