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Published in final edited form as: Psychophysiology. 2015 Nov 21;53(4):518–526. doi: 10.1111/psyp.12582

Mean startle response by Load and Group. (a) Adults had greater eye-blink responses during the 3-back task than the 1-back or 2-back tasks. Adolescents showed no differences in eye-blink responses as a function of load. In addition, the startle response was lower in adults than in adolescents in the 1-back task, while the opposite was found for the 3-back task. No difference was found between adolescents and adults for the 2-back task. N = 50, *p < .05, error bars represent ± SEM. (b) Both adults and adolescents exhibited a blockade of the effects of anxiety on startle (anxiety-potentiated startle = [threat – safe] startle) during the 3-back task. N = 50, error bars represent ± SEM.

Mean startle response by Load and Group. (a) Adults had greater eye-blink responses during the 3-back task than the 1-back or 2-back tasks. Adolescents showed no differences in eye-blink responses as a function of load. In addition, the startle response was lower in adults than in adolescents in the 1-back task, while the opposite was found for the 3-back task. No difference was found between adolescents and adults for the 2-back task. N = 50, *p < .05, error bars represent ± SEM. (b) Both adults and adolescents exhibited a blockade of the effects of anxiety on startle (anxiety-potentiated startle = [threat – safe] startle) during the 3-back task. N = 50, error bars represent ± SEM.