The effect of stimulus significance on relatively sustained (tonic-like) and relatively transient (phasiclike) aspects of electrodermal, heart rate, and eyeblink response

1985 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvin S. Bernstein ◽  
Kenneth W. Taylor ◽  
Erica Weinstein ◽  
James Riedel
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Eyeblink Response ◽  
Stimulus Significance

Conditionability and Age in Human Adults

1965 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. O. Davidson ◽  
R. W. Payne ◽  
R. B. Sloane
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Eyeblink Response ◽  
Female Patients ◽  
Human Adults ◽  
Withdrawal Response

40 neurotic female patients, aged 16 to 65, were conditioned using a finger withdrawal response and GSR to shock. In a second experiment, using 30 neurotic and 30 normal females, aged 16 to 65, finger withdrawal, GSR, and heart-rate responses were conditioned to shock, and an eyeblink response was conditioned to an airpuff. A consistent negative relationship between age and conditionability was found for this age group (8 out of 12 correlations were significant at p < .05). The relation of these results to those of other studies of age differences was discussed.

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