The time course of emotional and attentional modulation of the startle eyeblink reflex during imagery

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 275-289

  Robinson, Jason D ^a   Vrana, Scott R ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Heart rate; Imagery; Prepulse facilitation; Prepulse inhibition; Startle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EMOTION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; STARTLE REFLEX; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BLINKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0034286946     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(00)00107-0     Document Type: Article

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