Startle reflex potentiation during aversive picture viewing as an indicator of trait fear

Psychophysiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-85

  Vaidyanathan, Uma ^a   Patrick, Christopher J ^a   Bernat, Edward M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective pictures; Fear; Individual differences; Startle blink reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; EYELID REFLEX; FEAR; FEMALE; GRADUATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOISE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STARTLE REFLEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 58149141471     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2008.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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