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Startle reflex modulation by pleasant and unpleasant odors in a between‐subjects design
Author(s) -
EHRLICHMAN HOWARD,
BROWN KUHL SANDRA,
ZHU JOHN,
WRRENBURG STEPHEN
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1997.tb02149.x
Subject(s) - odor , psychology , moro reflex , audiology , cognitive psychology , communication , reflex , neuroscience , medicine
Participants were presented with an acoustic startle probe while they smelled either a pleasant odor or an unpleasant odor (n = 40 pet condition). Within each condition, participants were presented with lour blocks in which odor was present and four in which odor was not present (no‐odor control). Significant differences were found in both conditions between the odor and no‐odor blocks. In the unpleasant odor condition, blink magnitude was greater during the odor blocks; in the pleasant odor condition, blink magnitude was smaller during the odor blocks.