Response to a sudden unexpected stimulus.
- 1 February 1926
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Vol. 9 (1) , 19-25
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0072591
Abstract
The response to a sudden unexpected stimulus is conditioned not only by the nature of the stimulus itself, but also by the preceding general state of muscular tonus. When an individual is extremely relaxed a sudden loud stimulus causes little or no start and seems to lose its irritating character; while the same kind of stimulus, when an individual is in a state of muscular tenseness, will bring about a start and very considerable muscular contraction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)Keywords
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