During intracellular iontophoretic injection of Ca(++) into Limulus ventral photoreceptor cells, there is a progressive diminution of the light response. Following Ca(++) injection, the size of the light response slowly recovers. Similarly, there is a progressive diminution of the light response during intracellular injection of Na(+) and recovery after the injection is stopped. The rate of dim...

The ability to predict an impending threat during Pavlovian conditioning diminishes the emotional response that is produced once the threat is encountered. Diminution of the threat response appears to be mediated by somewhat independent associative learning and expectancy-related processes. Therefore, the present study was designed to better understand the neural mechanisms that support associa...

The time-course of light-induced changes in membrane voltage and resistance were measured in single photoreceptors in eyecup preparations of Gekko gekko. A small circular stimulus directed toward the impaled receptor produced membrane hyperpolarization. Application of a steady annular light to the receptor periphery resulted in diminution of the receptor's response to the stimulus. The effects ...

blink reactions, reduced response to the unconditioned stimulus (US) after repeated pairing of a conditioned stimulus (CS) with the US has been frequently observed (Baxter, 1966; Kimmel, 1967; Kimmel & Pennypacker as described in Kimmel, 1966). This phenomenon has been called «conditioned diminution of the unconditioned response (UR)» (Kimble & Ost, 1961), and a range of explanations have been ...

Objective: We evaluated the association between prescribed medications and mental status such as sleep, mood, and cognition in Korean elderly. Method: We investigated the number of medications of 604 individuals (281 men and 323 women) who taken prescription without major depressive disorder and dementia. They were enrolled in the Korean Longitudinal Study on Health and Aging (KLoSHA), a commun...

Objective: We evaluated the association between prescribed medications and mental status such as sleep, mood, and cognition in Korean elderly. Method: We investigated the number of medications of 604 individuals (281 men and 323 women) who taken prescription without major depressive disorder and dementia. They were enrolled in the Korean Longitudinal Study on Health and Aging (KLoSHA), a commun...

Language (e.g., structure, morphology, and wording) can direct our attention toward the specific properties of an object, in turn influencing the mental representation of that same object. In this paper, we examined this idea by focusing on a particular linguistic form of diminution used in many languages (e.g., in Polish, Spanish, and Portuguese) to refer to an object as being "smaller." Inter...