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Of guns and snakes: testing a modern threat superiority effectFootnote*

Baptiste SubraLaboratoire de Psychologie (EA 4139), Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Dominique MullerLIP/PC2S (EA 4145), Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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Lisa FourgassieLaboratoire de Psychologie (EA 4139), Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Alan ChauvinLaboratoire de Psychologie et NeuroCognition (UMR5105), Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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Theodore AlexopoulosLaboratoire de Psychologie Sociale: Menaces et Société (EA 4471), Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
Pages 81-91 | Received 18 Mar 2016, Accepted 09 Jan 2017, Published online: 03 Feb 2017

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