Arachnophobia (with live spiders) or by getting the individual to imagine situations involving spiders, then modelling interaction with spiders for the person affected and eventually interacting with real spiders. This technique can be effective in just one session. Recent advances in technology have enabled the use of virtual or augmented reality spiders for use in therapy. These techniques have proven to be effective. Arachnophobia affects 3.5 to 6.1 percent of the global population. Arachnophobia Arachnophobia is the unreasonable fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions. Treatment is typically by exposure therapy, where the person is presented with pictures of
Fear of a Blank Planet recorded the solo in his own studio and sent it to Wilson. The album recording process was finished in December of the same year. In January 2007 it was revealed that the album title would be "Fear of a Blank Planet". The concept of the album was heavily influenced by Bret Easton Ellis' novel "Lunar Park". The novel is told from the perspective of a father, who bears the name of the novel's author himself, whereas the album is mostly from his son's perspective, an eleven-year-old kid named Robby. Many of the lyrics for "Fear of a Blank Planet" are