Greater general startle reflex is associated with greater anxiety levels: A correlational study on 111 young women

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Poli, Eleonora ^a   Angrilli, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Baseline startle reflex; EMG; Emotion; Laterality; Noise aversiveness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCORING SYSTEM; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923231004     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00010     Document Type: Article

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