Habituation and sensitization of protective reflexes: Dissociation between cardiac defense and eye-blink startle

Biological Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 192-199

  Mata, José Luís ^a,b   Rodríguez Ruiz, Sonia ^a   Ruiz Padial, Elisabeth ^b   Turpin, Graham ^c   Vila, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac defense; Defense cascade; Eye blink startle; Habituation; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CARDIAC DEFENSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SENSITIZATION; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WHITE NOISE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLINKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SELF CONCEPT; STARTLE REACTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65849245702     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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