Prepulse effects on the photic eyeblink reflex: Evidence for startle- dazzle theory

Psychophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 276-284

  Burke, Jason ^a,b   Hackley, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindsight; Consciousness; Oculomotor research; Orbicularis oculi; Orienting; Pretectum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYELID REFLEX; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX;

ADULT; BLINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0030998324     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1997.tb02398.x     Document Type: Article

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