Can you give me a hand? A comparison of hands and feet as optimal anatomical sites for skin conductance recording

Psychophysiology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1065-1069

  Payne, Andrew F H ^a   Dawson, Michael E ^a   Schell, Anne M ^b   Singh, Kulwinder ^a   Courtney, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical conditioning; Electrodermal activity; Skin conductance; Sweat glands

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLASSICAL CONDITIONING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTRODERMAL ACTIVITY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; FOOT; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SWEAT GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

CLASSICAL CONDITIONING; ELECTRODERMAL ACTIVITY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SWEAT GLANDS;

ADOLESCENT; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FINGERS; FOOT; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885950795     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12093     Document Type: Article

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