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Definition of Startle response
1. Noun. A complicated involuntary reaction to a sudden unexpected stimulus (especially a loud noise); involves flexion of most skeletal muscles and a variety of visceral reactions.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Startle Response
Literary usage of Startle response
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Risk Assessment for Neurobehavioral Toxicity edited by Bernard Weiss, Jurg Elsner (1997)
"... g) pole grasping—pup grips a wooden pencil with its forepaws; tí) auditory
startle response—pup shows a whole-body startle response when a loud clap of ..."
2. Schizophrenia, 1993: A Special Report edited by David Shore, Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"Prepulse inhibition of the startle response. ... The startle response is inhibited
when the startling stimulus is preceded by 30 to 500 msec by a weak pre- ..."
3. Review of the Department of Defense Research Program on Low-level Exposures by Best, Committee on Toxicology, NetLibrary, Inc, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences (2005)
"included significant changes in gait, increased startle response, alterations in
passive ... startle response was inconsistent across test compounds. ..."
4. Individual Differences in the Behavioral Etiology of Drug Abuse edited by Harold W. Gordon, Meyer D. Glantz (1997)
"startle response. In normal individuals, the amplitude of the startle eye- blink
is potentiated during negative emotional states and attenuated during ..."
5. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
"Thus, this pathway and the potentiated startle response would appear to be ...
One area of study that appears promising is the potentiated startle response, ..."
6. Critical Perspectives On Racial And Ethnic Differences In Health In Late Life by Norman B. Anderson, Rodolfo A. Bulatao, Barney Cohen (2004)
"Evidence for a role of medial prefrontal activity in startle response regulation
can be found in its inverse association with amygdaloid activity (Davidson, ..."
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