Modulation of the acoustic startle reflex by emotionally-toned film- clips

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-54

  Kaviani, Hossein ^a   Gray, Jeffrey A ^a   Checkley, Stuart A ^a   Veena Kumari, ^a   Wilson, Glenn D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional manipulation; Eyeblink reflex; Film stimuli; Startle modulation; Startle response

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMOTION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBICULARIS ORIS MUSCLE; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BLINKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0032975310     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(98)00063-4     Document Type: Article

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