Startle response is dishabituated during a reaction time task

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 510-518

  Carlsen, Anthony N ^a   Chua, Romeo ^a   Inglis, J Timothy ^a   Sanderson, David J ^a   Franks, Ian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Habituation; Programming; Startle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REFLEX; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRIST;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0142025347     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1575-5     Document Type: Article

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