Reaction time effects due to imperative stimulus modality are absent when a startle elicits a pre-programmed action

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 500, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-181

  Carlsen, Anthony N ^a   Lam, Melanie Y ^b   Maslovat, Dana ^b   Chua, Romeo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory; Pathways; Pre programming; Reaction time; Startle; Visual

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STARTLE REFLEX; STARTLING ACOUSTIC STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960626239     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.06.027     Document Type: Article

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