Artistic abilities in maltreated children
...ormal Child Psychology: Acoustic Startle in Maltreated Children ABSTRACT This journal is an investigation into the eye blink component of acoustic startle reactions in maltreated children. Previous research has suggested that acoustic startle is enhanced in adult males with posttraumatic stress disorders, otherwise known as PTSD; whereas findings in women with PTSD have been inconsistent. In parallel with previous report for children with PTSD, researchers have found that maltreated boys, especially those who had been physically abused, responded to increases in startle probe loudness with smaller increments in amplitude of startle eye blink and smaller reductions in blink latency than did comparison boys. Results for girls were inconsistent: younger maltreated girls had smaller startle amplitude and slower onset latency than controls, whereas older maltreated girls exhibited just the opposite pattern. Dixon 3 References: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology VOL. 31 (4): 359-370, August 2003, Article ID: 46627...