Daniel Frynta
Biographic Data
| ID | 162219 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Frynta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Frynta |
| SIGNATURE | FRYNTA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charles University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1375-7972 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Scorpion first
Spiders and other arachnids evoke fear in humans. This may be interpreted as a consequence of encounters with these venomous invertebrates during our evolutionary past. However, fear of arachnids has been poorly studied in human populations inhabiting the African savannas, where human ancestors evolved. Here, we analyzed patterns of subjective fear elicited by terrestrial invertebrates (47 species) among Somali people (207 respondents). The scorp…
Attention on visual disgust
Disgust-eliciting stimuli have been shown to both capture attention, even when task-irrelevant, and to be visually avoided when alternative stimuli are available. This study investigated these effects across two experiments conducted from June to December 2024. In the first experiment, disgust-eliciting images served as distractors, while in the second, the same images were designated as targets. Additionally, four categories of disgust-eliciting…
Toward a reliable detection of arachnophobia
Both SPQ and BAT scores have a high informative value about the subject's fear of spiders and together with subjective emotional evaluation of picture stimuli can be reliable predictors of spider phobia. These parameters provide easy and non-expensive but reliable measurement wherever more expensive devices such as magnetic resonance are not available. However, SFI still reflects individual variability within the phobic group, identifying individ…
Scary and nasty beasts
Animal phobias are one of the most prevalent mental disorders. We analysed how fear and disgust, two emotions involved in their onset and maintenance, are elicited by common phobic animals. In an online survey, the subjects rated 25 animal images according to elicited fear and disgust. Additionally, they completed four psychometrics, the Fear Survey Schedule II (FSS), Disgust Scale - Revised (DS-R), Snake Questionnaire (SNAQ), and Spider Question…
Reactions to novel objects in monkeys
Fear reactions to snakes in naïve mouse lemurs and pig-tailed macaques
What Determines Bird Beauty in Human Eyes
Some authors have argued that human preferences for "beautiful" birds may skew the selection of species used to promote conservation programs. This evokes questions about the importance of color, shape, and other appearance traits of bird in affecting human preferences for birds. The aim of this study was to assess the traits affecting human preferences towards all non-passerine and five passerine bird families (n = 102), and to see whether such …
Cross-Cultural Agreement in Perception of Animal Beauty
Noah's Ark is full of common species attractive to humans
Aggression and commensalism in house mouse
Species specific differences of house mouse social behavior compared to its closest relatives (aboriginal species Mus macedonicus, Mus spicilegus, and Mus spretus) have recently been suggested. However, substantial variation of behavioral traits between mouse populations has been also evidenced. Agonistic behavior of laboratory-born house mice from five commensal populations (Mus musculus musculus: central Czech Republic, Mus musculus domesticus:…
Cladistic analysis of languages
The phylogeny of the Indo‐European (IE) language family is reconstructed by application of the cladistic methodology to the lexicostatistical dataset collected by Dyen (about 200 meanings, 84 speech varieties, the Hittite language used as a functional outgroup). Three different methods of character coding provide trees that show: (a) the presence of four groups, viz., Balto‐Slavonic clade, Romano‐Germano‐Celtic clade, Armenian‐Greek group, and In…
Scary and nasty beasts
Animal phobias are one of the most prevalent mental disorders. We analysed how fear and disgust, two emotions involved in their onset and maintenance, are elicited by common phobic animals. In an online survey, the subjects rated 25 animal images according to elicited fear and disgust. Additionally, they completed four psychometrics, the Fear Survey Schedule II (FSS), Disgust Scale - Revised (DS-R), Snake Questionnaire (SNAQ), and Spider Question…
What Determines Bird Beauty in Human Eyes
Some authors have argued that human preferences for "beautiful" birds may skew the selection of species used to promote conservation programs. This evokes questions about the importance of color, shape, and other appearance traits of bird in affecting human preferences for birds. The aim of this study was to assess the traits affecting human preferences towards all non-passerine and five passerine bird families (n = 102), and to see whether such …
Cross-Cultural Agreement in Perception of Animal Beauty
Aggression and commensalism in house mouse
Species specific differences of house mouse social behavior compared to its closest relatives (aboriginal species Mus macedonicus, Mus spicilegus, and Mus spretus) have recently been suggested. However, substantial variation of behavioral traits between mouse populations has been also evidenced. Agonistic behavior of laboratory-born house mice from five commensal populations (Mus musculus musculus: central Czech Republic, Mus musculus domesticus:…
Cladistic analysis of languages
The phylogeny of the Indo‐European (IE) language family is reconstructed by application of the cladistic methodology to the lexicostatistical dataset collected by Dyen (about 200 meanings, 84 speech varieties, the Hittite language used as a functional outgroup). Three different methods of character coding provide trees that show: (a) the presence of four groups, viz., Balto‐Slavonic clade, Romano‐Germano‐Celtic clade, Armenian‐Greek group, and In…
Aggression and commensalism in house mouse
Species specific differences of house mouse social behavior compared to its closest relatives (aboriginal species Mus macedonicus, Mus spicilegus, and Mus spretus) have recently been suggested. However, substantial variation of behavioral traits between mouse populations has been also evidenced. Agonistic behavior of laboratory-born house mice from five commensal populations (Mus musculus musculus: central Czech Republic, Mus musculus domesticus:…
Noah's Ark is full of common species attractive to humans
Cross-Cultural Agreement in Perception of Animal Beauty
What Determines Bird Beauty in Human Eyes
Some authors have argued that human preferences for "beautiful" birds may skew the selection of species used to promote conservation programs. This evokes questions about the importance of color, shape, and other appearance traits of bird in affecting human preferences for birds. The aim of this study was to assess the traits affecting human preferences towards all non-passerine and five passerine bird families (n = 102), and to see whether such …
Fear reactions to snakes in naïve mouse lemurs and pig-tailed macaques
Reactions to novel objects in monkeys
Scary and nasty beasts
Animal phobias are one of the most prevalent mental disorders. We analysed how fear and disgust, two emotions involved in their onset and maintenance, are elicited by common phobic animals. In an online survey, the subjects rated 25 animal images according to elicited fear and disgust. Additionally, they completed four psychometrics, the Fear Survey Schedule II (FSS), Disgust Scale - Revised (DS-R), Snake Questionnaire (SNAQ), and Spider Question…
Toward a reliable detection of arachnophobia
Both SPQ and BAT scores have a high informative value about the subject's fear of spiders and together with subjective emotional evaluation of picture stimuli can be reliable predictors of spider phobia. These parameters provide easy and non-expensive but reliable measurement wherever more expensive devices such as magnetic resonance are not available. However, SFI still reflects individual variability within the phobic group, identifying individ…
Attention on visual disgust
Disgust-eliciting stimuli have been shown to both capture attention, even when task-irrelevant, and to be visually avoided when alternative stimuli are available. This study investigated these effects across two experiments conducted from June to December 2024. In the first experiment, disgust-eliciting images served as distractors, while in the second, the same images were designated as targets. Additionally, four categories of disgust-eliciting…
Scorpion first
Spiders and other arachnids evoke fear in humans. This may be interpreted as a consequence of encounters with these venomous invertebrates during our evolutionary past. However, fear of arachnids has been poorly studied in human populations inhabiting the African savannas, where human ancestors evolved. Here, we analyzed patterns of subjective fear elicited by terrestrial invertebrates (47 species) among Somali people (207 respondents). The scorp…
Biology (6 works) · Animal and Plant Science Education (5 works) · Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Zoology (5 works) · Animal Behavior and Reproduction (4 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Neuroscience (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (3 works)