Quantifying human startle response magnitude: Effects of filter passband and integrator time constant on eyeblink EMG response peak and area

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-171

  Blumenthal, Terry D ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG; Eyeblink; Human; Inhibition; Prepulse; Startle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 0031727157     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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