title: A case of spider phobia in a congenitally blind person.
abstract: Vision is the key sensory system in humans, leading to the implicit assumption that the acquisition of spider phobia is predominantly mediated through the visual pathway. We report on a congenitally blind person with spider phobia, showing that the acquisition of spider phobia does not necessarily depend on visual cues.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, Biological and Clinical Psychology, University of Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Frauke
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Musial
authors.forename: Iris-Tatjana
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Kolassa
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sülzenbrück
authors.forename: Wolfgang H R
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Miltner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001143:Arousal; D001766:Blindness / Q000151:congenital* / Q000523:psychology; D003463:Cues; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D013112:Spiders; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014796:Visual Perception