Decomposing skin conductance into tonic and phasic components

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-109

  Lim, Chong L ^a   Rennie, Chris ^b   Barry, Robert J ^c   Bahramali, Homayoun ^b   Lazzaro, Ilario ^b   Manor, Barry ^b   Gordon, Evian ^b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrodermal activity modelling measurement scoring; Orienting reflex; Skin conductance level; Skin conductance response; Sympathetic autonomic response

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING REFLEX; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030899656     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(96)00713-1     Document Type: Article

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