Precues enable multiple response preprogramming: Evidence from startle

Psychophysiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-251

  Carlsen, Anthony N ^a,b   Chua, Romeo ^b   Summers, Jeffrey J ^c   Inglis, J Timothy ^b   Sanderson, David J ^b   Franks, Ian M ^b  

^a School of Human Kinetics 210   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Information processing; Motor control; Reaction time; Startle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRIST;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60049087541     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2008.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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