Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Flaten, Magne Arve
• Vaksdal, Arild
• Hugdahl, Kenneth

Titel

An IBM-PC and commodore 64 microcomputer-based system for elicitation and recording of eyeblink reflexes

Ist Teil von

• Biological psychology, 1989-12, Vol.29 (3), p.291-298

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

1989

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect (DFG Nationallizenzen)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The eyeblink reflex is well suited for the study of habituation, sensitization, reflex modification and classical conditioning in humans. A microcomputer-based system for elicitation and recording of the eyeblink reflex is described. The system consists of three functional units: (1) an air-pressure bottle and pressure-reducing valves for delivery of air puffs to the eye in order to elicit the eyeblink reflex, and a CBM 64 computer for presentations of auditory stimuli in conjunction with air puffs; (2) a pair of light-emitting diodes and photocells placed in a pair of goggles placed on the subject for detection of eyeblinks; (3) an IBM-compatible personal computer, equipped with the ASYSTANT + software for eyeblink data acquisition and overall control of experiment and parameters. The system is presently in use in our laboratory, and technical details about the system can be obtained by writing to the first author.