Startle reflex modulation by pleasant and unpleasant odors in a between‐subjects design
PsychophysiologyPublished 1 November 1997
Howard Ehrlichman, SANDRA BROWN KUHL, Jianjun Zhu, STEPHEN WRRENBURG
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Significant differences were found in both conditions between the odor and no-odor blocks in the unpleasant odor condition and the pleasant odor condition.
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Participants were presented with an acoustic startle probe while they smelled either a pleasant odor or an unpleasant odor (n = 40 per condition). Within each condition, participants were presented with four 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.
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