Simons, Ronald C. <br/><br/>
Boo!  culture, experience, and the startle reflex /  [electronic resource] : 
Ronald C. Simons. 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press,  1996. 
 - x, 272 p. :  ill. 
 - Series in affective science .
 - Series in affective science. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Introduction -- 2. Startle as a Personal Experience and as a Social Resource -- 3. Making People Jumpy: Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn Create a Hyperstartler -- 4. Variations on a Theme: Being Startled Makes One Ill -- 5. The Startle Museum I: Exhibits of Startle Sorted by Their Expository Uses -- 6. The Startle Museum II: Exhibits of Startle Sorted by Properties of Startle Events -- 7. Attention Capture and the Startle-Matching Syndromes -- 8. Latah: The Paradigmatic Startle-Matching Syndrome -- 9. Explaining Latah: The Importance of Descriptive Detail -- 10. The Startle-Matching Syndrome in Other Cultures -- 11. Culture, Biology, and Individual Experience -- App. List of Topics Discussed with Latahs -- App. List of Topics Discussed with Malaysian non-Latah Informants -- App. Latah Stories Reporting Form -- App. Script of the Film Latah: A Culture-Specific Elaboration of the Startle Reflex. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Startle reaction--Social aspects.<br/>Startle reaction--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Latah (Disease)--Cross-cultural studies.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QP372.6  / .S57 1996 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>304.5