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The startle response is an unconscious defensive response to sudden or threatening stimuli.
Startle may also refer to:
- Startle display or deimatic behaviour, any pattern of bluffing behaviour in an animal that lacks strong defences
- Startle syndrome or hyperekplexia, a rare neurologic disorder
- Fear-potentiated startle, a reflexive physiological reaction to a presented stimulus
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Startle
- All pages with titles containing Startle
- Startling (disambiguation)
- Startle Evoked Movement, the involuntary initiation of a planned action in response to a startling stimuli.
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