The effects of prepulse-blink reflex trial repetition and prepulse change on blink reflex modification at short and long lead intervals

Biological Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-63

  Lipp, Ottmar V ^a   Siddle, David A T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Prepulse inhibition; Stimulus change; Transient detection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031962852     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(97)00017-3     Document Type: Article

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