Publication recommendations for electrodermal measurements

Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1017-1034

  Boucsein, Wolfram ^a   Fowles, Don C ^b   Grimnes, Sverre ^c,d   Ben Shakhar, Gershon ^e   Roth, Walton T ^f   Dawson, Michael E ^g   Filion, Diane L ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^f VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodermal measurement; Laboratory and field recording; Skin admittance; Skin conductance; Skin potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864025396     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01384.x     Document Type: Article

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