Asians demonstrate reduced sensitivity to unpredictable threat: A preliminary startle investigation using genetic ancestry in a multiethnic sample

Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 615-623

  Nelson, Brady D ^a   Bishop, Jeffrey R ^a   Sarapas, Casey ^a   Kittles, Rick A ^b   Shankman, Stewart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestry informative markers; Genetics; Race; Startle; Unpredictability

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY GROUP; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STARTLE REFLEX; THREAT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; REFLEX, STARTLE; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901839043     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035776     Document Type: Article

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