Arachnophobia even faint when they come in contact with an area near spiders or their webs. In some extreme cases, even a picture or a realistic drawing of a spider can trigger intense fear. Arachnophobia may be an exaggerated form of an instinctive response that helped early humans to survive, or a cultural phenomenon that is most common in predominantly European societies. An evolutionary reason for the phobia remains unresolved. One view, especially held in evolutionary psychology, is that the presence of venomous spiders led to the evolution of a fear of spiders, or made acquisition of a fear of spiders
Fear of Music vocal performance" and its nuances and called "Fear of Music" "a quantum leap" for the band. Tom Bentkowski of "New York" concluded, "But what makes the record so successful, perhaps, is a genuinely felt anti-elitism. Talking Heads was clever enough to make the intellectual infectious and even danceable." AllMusic's William Ruhlmann claimed that "Fear of Music" is "an uneven, transitional album", but nonetheless stated that it includes songs that match the quality of the band's best works. In the 1995 "Spin Alternative Record Guide", Eric Weisbard gave the record a rating of nine out of ten and called it Talking