THE EFFECT OF SIGNALLING UPON CONTROL OF AN AVERSIVE STIMULUS
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Japanese Psychological Association in The Japanese journal of psychology
- Vol. 51 (1) , 25-32
- https://doi.org/10.4992/jjpsy.51.25
Abstract
An aversive stimulus with a signal elicits responses different from those for a stimulus without a signal. The characteristics of this phenomenon, called signaling effect, were clarified in this study. In experiment (exp) the eyeblink reflex and 180.degree.-rotation type of aversiveness rating were studies in humans. Conditions (3) which differed from each other in the ISI (inter-stimulus interval) were used in a between-subjects design in exp/2, and in a within-subjects design in exp/3. The facilitatory signaling effects in the 8 s ISI condition and inhibitory ones in the 0.5 s ISI were significant regardless of the index. These effects had no learning factor.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: