Emotional specificity of startle potentiation during the early stages of picture viewing

Psychophysiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 935-940

  Stanley, James ^a,b   Knight, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blink reflex; Emotion; Prepulse inhibition; Reflex modification; Startle; Time course

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULATION; THREAT; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; BLINKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 11144244015     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2004.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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