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Modulation of Prepulse Inhibition and Startle Reflex by Emotions: A Comparison between Young and Older Adults

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, February 2016
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Title
Modulation of Prepulse Inhibition and Startle Reflex by Emotions: A Comparison between Young and Older Adults
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Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, February 2016
DOI 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00033
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Jolyanne Le Duc, Philippe Fournier, Sylvie Hébert

Abstract

This study examined whether or not the acoustic startle response and sensorimotor gating may be modulated by emotions differentially between young and older adults. Two groups of participants (mean age Young: 24 years old; Elderly: 63.6 years old) were presented with three types of auditory stimuli (Startle alone, High or Low frequency Prepulse) while viewing pleasant, neutral, or unpleasant images. Electromyographic activity of the eyeblink response was measured. Results show that older adults displayed diminished eyeblink responses whereas younger adults displayed enhanced eyeblink responses when viewing negative images. Sensorimotor gating also differed between young and older adults, with enhanced sensorimotor gating abilities while viewing positive pictures in older adults and diminished abilities while viewing negative pictures among younger adults. These results argue in favor of a differential emotional influence on the sensorimotor abilities of young and older adults, with a positivity bias among the latter.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 36 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 19%
Student > Bachelor 6 17%
Student > Master 6 17%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 11%
Other 2 6%
Other 6 17%
Unknown 5 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 11 31%
Psychology 10 28%
Engineering 2 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 3%
Other 4 11%
Unknown 6 17%
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Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 February 2016.
All research outputs
#14,839,167
of 22,851,489 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
#3,367
of 4,796 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#167,319
of 298,745 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
#56
of 81 outputs
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