Thermal imaging of the periorbital regions during the presentation of an auditory startle stimulus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Gane, Luke ^a,b   Power, Sarah ^a,b   Kushki, Azadeh ^b   Chau, Tom ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b University of Toronto   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPICANTHUS; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MALE; ORBIT; STARTLE REFLEX; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORBIT; STARTLE REACTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80455168384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027268     Document Type: Article

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