Emotional sweating across the body: Comparing 16 different skin conductance measurement locations

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 298-304

  van Dooren, Marieke ^a   de Vries, J J G Gert Jan ^a   Janssen, Joris H ^a,b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body positions; Electrodermal activity; Emotional sweating; Measurement locations; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; EMOTION; FEMALE; FINGER; FOOT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHOULDER; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SWEATING; THIGH;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; NECK; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SWEATING; TORSO; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84857936119     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.01.020     Document Type: Article

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