Emotion-modulated startle in psychopathy: Clarifying familiar effects

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 458-468

  Baskin Sommers, Arielle R ^a   Curtin, John J ^a   Newman, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention bottleneck; Emotion modulated startle; Late positive potential; PCL R factors; Picture viewing; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PSYCHOPATHY; STARTLE REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84878473455     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030958     Document Type: Article

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