Affect, attention, or anticipatory arousal? Human blink startle modulation in forward and backward affective conditioning

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-17

  Mallan, Kimberley M ^a   Lipp, Ottmar V ^a   Libera, Marilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affective learning; Attention; Backward conditioning; Blink reflex; Startle modulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BLINKING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 44649106233     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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