The phrase "a startle" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward.
It can be used when referring to a sudden shock or surprise, but it is more typical to use "a start" instead.
Example: "The loud noise caused a startle that made everyone jump."
Alternatives: "a shock" or "a surprise".
The design and calibration of a startle measurement system.
The rumble of passing trains sent women rushing out of the dressing rooms in a startle.
A loud gunshot sound (80 dB) was played at 40 seconds to mimic a startle response.
Then, to evoke a startle, the experimenter plays a loud noise and measures the teenager's response (an involuntary eye blink).
If there was a startle effect, it would wear off as the bat got used to the sounds.
One pig out of ten did not have a startle response, and three other pigs did not have a startle response of a sufficient magnitude to demonstrate the PPI seen in the other six pigs at the expected PP intervals of 60, 120, and 220 ms.
An example of its use in theater: actors habitually enter a "startle pattern," by tilting their head backwards and downwards, causing them to lose the strength of their voice, or actually lose their voice.
Although we did not record EMG activity to know with certainty if the response induced was indeed a startle response, a sudden loud sound was used as stimulus to mimic such a physiological reaction.
That ball skidded along the center-field grass at 7 06 p.m., a minute after Fox's three-hour blackout window expired, giving viewers who had just tuned in quite a startle.
decreased peak HR in response to a startle stimulus when the horses (n = 8) were confined to a stall (P = 0.006), but not in an outdoor environment when the RS test was performed.
The application of the system in a psychophysiological experiment designed to elicit a startle motor response by the presentation of intense and unexpected acoustic stimuli, provided reliable data probing dynamical features of motor responses and habituation to repeated stimulus presentations.
