Effects of discrete acoustic prestimuli on perceived intensity and behavioral responses to startling acoustic and tactile stimuli

Psychobiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 547-556

  Swerdlow, Neal R ^a,c   Geyer, Mark A ^a   Blumenthal, Terry D ^b   Hartman, Patricia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; RATING SCALE; STARTLE REFLEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 0033379489     PISSN: 08896313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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