“…The probe N100 reflects early perceptual processing of auditory stimuli and is enhanced when participants are instructed to attend to the startle probe while viewing unpleasant relative to pleasant or neutral pictures (Cuthbert et al, 1998). In addition to the probe N100, the startle probe P300 is a positive deflection of the ERP signal that is maximal at centroparietal sites and occurs approximately 300 ms after the onset of the startle probe (Putnam & Roth, 1990; Roth, Dorato, & Kopell, 1984; Sugawara, Sadeghpour, Traversay, & Ornitz, 1994). The probe P300 reflects attention toward the startle probe and is reduced when viewing emotional relative to neutral pictures due to increased attention to emotional foreground stimuli (leaving less attention allocated to the probe itself) (Bradley, Codispoti, & Lang, 2006; Cuthbert, Schupp, Bradley, McManis, & Lang, 1998; Schupp, Cuthbert, Bradley, Birbaumer, & Lang, 1997).…”