Affective modulation of the acoustic startle: Does sadness engage the defensive system?

Biological Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 161-163

  Kreibig, Sylvia D ^a   Wilhelm, Frank H ^b   Roth, Walton T ^c,d   Gross, James J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle eyeblink reflex; Affective startle modification; Emotion; Fear; Sadness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMOTION; EYELID REFLEX; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SADNESS; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; BLINKING; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STARTLE REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953319972     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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