Seven seconds of Spiderman viewing yields a 20% phobia symptom reduction

Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - 08:51 in Psychology & Sociology

As the Marvel Avenger Endgame premieres in movie theaters this week, Israeli researchers are revealing that exposure to Spiderman and Antman movie excerpts decreases symptoms of spider and ant phobias, respectively. Exposure therapy for specific phobias (e.g., of ants and spiders) utilizes neutral exposure to a phobic stimulus to counteract an irrational fear. As one […]

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