Measuring the time course of anticipatory anxiety using the fear‐potentiated startle reflex

Psychophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 340-346

  GRILLON, CHRISTIAN ^a   AMELI, REZVAN ^a   MERIKANGAS, KATHLEEN ^a   WOODS, SCOTT W ^a   DAVIS, MICHAEL ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Eyeblink; Fear; Humans; Startle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYELID REFLEX; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; STARTLE REFLEX; THREAT; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; BLINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION (PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY); HUMAN; MALE; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0027251607     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1993.tb02055.x     Document Type: Article

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