Electrodermal Lability as a Personality Dimension

Electrodermal Response Lability-Stability: Individual Difference Correlates

“…A number of studies have explicitly examined the test-retest stability of nonspecific EDR frequency for periods ranging from one week to several months (Baugher, 1975;Bohlin, 1973a;Corah & Stern, 1963;Crider & Lunn, 1971;Dykman et aI., 1963;Hustmeyer & Burdick, 1965;Johnson, 1963;Schell et aI., 1988;Siddle & Herron, 1976;Vossel & Zimmer, 1988). The eleven reported reliabilities in these ten studies ranged from .42 to .82, with a median of .61.…”

“…Since the original Mundy-Castle and McKiever (1953) observation, a number of studies have measured the covariation of specific and nonspecific EDR lability in iterated stimulus paradigms (e.g., Bohlin, 1973b;Bull & Gale, 1973;Carr et aI., 1985;Crider & Lunn, 1971;Schell et aI., 1988;Siddle & Herron, 1976;Vossel & Zimmer, 1988). In the typical procedure, subjects are presented with a discrete nonsignal stimulus that is repeated at varying intervals on the order of tens of seconds.…”

Classical EDR conditioning using a truly random control and subjects differing in electrodermal lability level

“…It is suspected that this correlation would have been higher had we not imposed a ceiling (20) on possible habituation scores. Crider and Lunn (1971), for example, continued presenting tones to each subject until he habituated; the correlation they reported between spontaneous EDR scores and habituation was .75.…”

Estimating Emotion for Each Personality by Analyzing BVP

“…Section 3.2 shows that personality traits affect brain functions and body reactions. Some researches report that there is a difference in the balance of autonomic nervousness depending on personality [7,8]. It is expected that common patterns of biological data can be extracted if students are classified according to personality models.…”

“…To solve this problem, this research trains a classifier with biological data collected from students of identical personality, because transition patterns of physiological response depend on personality types [7,8]. Students of various kinds of personalities have diversity in patterns of the physiological response to the occurrence of a specific emotion.…”