Spiders Look Bigger If You’re Afraid of Them

Source: Social Psychology Network NewsPeople who fear spiders tend to perceive them as larger than they actually are, a new study finds. "We found that although individuals with both high and low arachnophobia rated spiders as highly unpleasant, only the highly fearful participants overestimated the spider size," Tali Leibovich, a researcher in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev in Israel, said in a statement.