Pole (2007)

The psychophysiology of posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis.

Psychological Bulletin, 133(5), 725-746

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Pole, N. (2007). The psychophysiology of posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 133(5), 725-746. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.133.5.725

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Habituation of the startle reflex and skin conductance to repeated loud tones is a standard psychophysiology paradigm; a meta-analysis pooling 25 startle studies found slower skin-conductance habituation in adults with PTSD (r = .21), one of the most robust physiological markers of the disorder