Effects of stimulus modality and task condition on blink startle modification and on electrodermal responses

Psychophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 452-461

  Lipp, Ottmar V ^a   Siddle, David A T ^a   Dall, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Emotion; Orienting; Pavlovian conditioning; Skin conductance; Startle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONDITIONING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0031749570     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0048577298970731     Document Type: Article

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