Attentional modulation of short- and long-lead-interval modification of the acoustic startle eyeblink response: Comparing auditory and visual prestimuli

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 239-250

  Böhmelt, Andreas H ^a   Schell, Anne M ^b   Dawson, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Auditory; Sensory modality; Startle eyeblink reflex; Visual

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; STARTLE REFLEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0345085551     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(99)00019-7     Document Type: Article

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