Effects of positive and negative stimulus onset asynchronies between weak stimuli and blink reflex eliciting stimuli

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-197

  Flaten, Magne Arve ^a   Blumenthal, Terry D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acoustic stimulus; Blink reflex; Humans; Reflex modification; Startle; Tactile stimulus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOISE; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 0029857072     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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