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Boo! Culture, Experience, and the Startle Reflex : Culture, Experience and the Startle Reflex

Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1996 [©1996.]

1 online resource (287 pages)

Englisch

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Erscheint auch als: Boo! / Ronald C. Simons (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-0-19-535723-3

978-0-19-509626-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

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Basisklassifikation: 77.46 (Emotion)

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LOC-SH: Startle reaction -- Social aspects ; Startle reaction -- Cross-cultural studies ; Latah (Disease) -- Cross-cultural studies

Latah (Disease) ; Cross-cultural studies ; Startle reaction ; Cross-cultural studies ; Startle reaction ; Social aspects ; Electronic books

PART I: Startle and Hyperstartle 1. Introduction2. Startle as a Personal Experience and as a Social Resource3. Making People Jumpy: Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn Create a Hyperstartler4. Variations on a Theme: Being Startled Makes One Ill5. The Startle Museum I: Exhibits of Startle Sorted by the Expository Uses6. The Startle Museum II: Exhibits of Startle Sorted by Properties of Startle EventsPART II: Latah and Other Startle-Matching Syndromes 7. Attention Capture and the Startle-Matching Syndromes8. Latah: The Paradigmatic Startle-Machine Syndrome9. Explaining Latah: The Importance of Descriptive Detail10. The Startle-Matching Syndrome in Other Cultures11. Culture, Biology, and Individual Experience.

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Intro -- CONTENTS -- I. STARTLE AND HYPERSTARTLE -- 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 -- II. LATAH AND OTHER STARTLE-MATCHING SYNDROMES -- 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 -- APPENDIX -- List of Topics Discussed with Latahs -- List of Topics Discussed with Malaysian non-Latah Informants -- Latah Stories Reporting Form -- Script of the Film Latah: A Culture-Specific Elaboration of the Startle Reflex -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- INDEX OF CITATIONS -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.