Differences in startle reflex and prepulse inhibition in European-Americans and African-Americans
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Prepulse-elicited startle in prepulse inhibition.
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychophysiology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0048-5772,1469-8986
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2008.00680.x