Additive Effects of Threat-of-Shock and Picture Valence on Startle Reflex Modulation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bublatzky, Florian ^a,b   Guerra, Pedro M ^c   Pastor, M Carmen ^d   Schupp, Harald T ^b   Vila, Jaime ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EYELID REFLEX; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HEDONIC PICTURE VALENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; SELF REPORT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STARTLE REFLEX; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THREAT; THREAT OF SHOCK METHOD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; STARTLE REACTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872472262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054003     Document Type: Article

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