Contextual control in habituation: Diminution and potentiation of the startle response in humans.

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Sebastian Agustin Becerra Cespedes
Jorge Andres Pinto Pinto

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The study examines the effects of context change on the habituation of the startle response in humans. In Experiment 1 the startle response was measured in three phases: pre-test, habituation, and post-test. For one group, the phases occurred in the same context, while for another, the habituation phase occurred in a different context. The results indicated that the different group had a more marked decrease between the pre-test and post-test than the same group. In Experiment 2, the same design was replicated, and the same results were obtained as in Experiment 1, although a different stimulus was used in the pre-test and post-test. Although the results are not statistically conclusive, they suggest that the context could be acquiring long-term potentiating properties that reduce the level of decrement that would be observed if only a habituation process existed.

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Contextual control in habituation: Diminution and potentiation of the startle response in humans . (2019). Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 11(3), 10-18. https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v11.n3.23305
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Contextual control in habituation: Diminution and potentiation of the startle response in humans . (2019). Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 11(3), 10-18. https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v11.n3.23305

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