Diurnal variations of tonic electrodermal activity

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-230

  Hot, P ^a   Naveteur, J ^a   Leconte, P ^a   Sequeira, H ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Diurnal rhythmicity; Electrodermal activity; Human; Reaction time; Skin conductance level; Skin temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032846932     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(99)00060-4     Document Type: Article

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