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Communalities and differences in fear potentiation between cardiac defense and eyeblink startle.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19572906     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This study examines similarities and differences in fear potentiation between two protective reflexes: cardiac defense and eyeblink startle. Women reporting intense fear of animals but low fear of blood or intense fear of blood but low fear of animals viewed pictures depicting blood or the feared animal for 6 s in 2 separate trials in counterbalanced order. An intense burst of white noise, able to elicit both a cardiac defense response and a reflexive startle blink, was presented 3.5 s after picture onset. Both cardiac and blink responses were potentiated when highly fearful individuals viewed fearful pictures. However, differences appeared concerning picture order. This pattern of results indicates communalities and differences among protective reflexes that are relevant for understanding the dynamics of emotional reflex modulation.
Authors:
María B Sánchez; Pedro Guerra; Miguel A Muñoz; José Luís Mata; Margaret M Bradley; Peter J Lang; Jaime Vila
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2009-07-01
Journal Detail:
Title:  Psychophysiology     Volume:  46     ISSN:  1540-5958     ISO Abbreviation:  Psychophysiology     Publication Date:  2009 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-10-16     Completed Date:  2010-01-05     Revised Date:  2010-11-02    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0142657     Medline TA:  Psychophysiology     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1137-40     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Personality, University of Granada, Campus La Cartuja s/n., Granada, Spain.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Blinking / physiology*
Fear / physiology*
Female
Heart / physiology*
Humans
Photic Stimulation
Startle Reaction / physiology*
Young Adult
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
P50 MH-72850/MH/NIMH NIH HHS; P50 MH072850-04/MH/NIMH NIH HHS

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