Fear and the startle reflex: Blink modulation and autonomic response patterns in animal and mutilation fearful subjects

Psychophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-107

  Hamm, Alfons O ^b   Cuthbert, Bruce N ^a   Globisch, Jutta ^c   Vaitl, Dieter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Facial EMG; Fear; Heart rate; Phobia; Skin conductance; Startle eyeblink reflex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EYELID REFLEX; FACE MUSCLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STARTLE REFLEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0031038321     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1997.tb02420.x     Document Type: Article

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