Darkness-enhanced startle responses in ecologically valid environments: A virtual tunnel driving experiment

Biological Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-52

  Mühlberger, Andreas ^a   Wieser, Matthias J ^a   Pauli, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Context; Startle reflex; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DARKNESS; DRIVING ABILITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; STARTLE REFLEX; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUES; DARKNESS; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 37349014501     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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