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Psychophysiology

a larger startle reflex when a startling stimulus arrives in the presence of a cue that signals threat, used as an index of conditioned fear.

In psychophysiology, fear-potentiated startle refers to a larger startle reflex when a startling stimulus arrives in the presence of a cue that signals threat, used as an index of conditioned fear. This meaning comes from Brown (1951) in Journal of Experimental Psychology.[1]

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References

Brown, J. S., Kalish, H. I., & Farber, I. E. (1951). Conditioned fear as revealed by magnitude of startle response to an auditory stimulus. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 41(5), 317-328. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0060166

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