Table of Contents

1 Comparative Neuroethology of Startle, Rapid Escape, and Giant Fiber-Mediated Responses.- 2 Fast Pathways and Escape Behavior in Cnidaria.- 3 Escape Reflexes in Earthworms and Other Annelids.- 4 The Cockroach Escape Response.- 5 The Drosophila Giant Fiber System.- 6 Escape Behavior of the Locust: The Jump and Its Initiation by Visual Stimuli.- 7 The Production of Crayfish Tailflip Escape Responses.- 8 The Role of the Mauthner Cell in Fast-Starts Involving Escape in Teleost Fishes.- 9 Methodological Factors in the Behavioral Analysis of Startle: The Use of Reflex Modification Procedures and the Assessment of Threshold.- 10 The Mammalian Startle Response.- 11 Escapism: Some Startling Revelations.