Effects of perceptual processing demands on startle eyeblink modification

Psychophysiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 440-446

  Rissling, Anthony J ^a   Dawson, Michael E ^a   Schell, Anne M ^b   Nuechterlein, Keith H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous performance test; Degraded stimulus; Prepulse inhibition; Startle eyeblink modification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BLINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STARTLE REACTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 26944452878     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2005.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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