Habituation of the GSR and digital vasomotor components of the orienting reflex as a consequence of task instructions and sex differences

Maltzman, Irving; Gould, Jay E.; Barnett, Ola J.; Raskin, David C.; Wolff, Craig

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“…Maltzman, Gould, Barnett, Raskin, and Wolff (1979) also observed higher electrodermal reactivity among males in comparison with females in two experimental studies from a series comprising 440 participants of both genders. The studies included initial habituation as well as classical conditioning and extinction of verbal stimuli.…”

Section: Gender Differencesmentioning

confidence: 74%

Electrodermal Activity

Boucsein

2012

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except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights.Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Foreword to the Second EditionAs noted by David Lykken in the foreword to the first edition of this book, electrodermal activity was observed for the first time in Germany. A quartercentury later the scientific study of psychology also originated in Germany. Over time, however, the focus of psychological research, including the then new field of psychophysiology, shifted to the United States and Great Britain. This trend to the dominance of the United States and Great Britain was prolonged by the devastation of World War II and its aftermath in Germany (and elsewhere in continental Europe). Slowly at first and then more rapidly, German psychological science, including psychophysiology, recovered. For several decades German psychophysiologists have been a major force in psychophysiology. With the publication of the first English edition of this book in 1992, it became essential for electrodermal researchers worldwide again to learn from our German colleagues.When I came into psychophysiology in the mid-1960s, electrodermal activity was the most common system studied. Because of its popularity, a large literature had emerged on the physiological mechanisms producing these changes in the electrical properties of the skin and on the best methodology for recording them. Major reviews and/or chapters had been published or soon were to be published by Peter Venables and Irene Martin, Robert Edelberg, and David Lykken. Later reviews and articles were published by Venables and Margaret Christie, and by me. A chapter in 1990 by Michael Dawson, Anne Schell, and Diane Filion was especially noteworthy for its coverage of the psychological applications of electrodermal measures.Note that all these publications were journal articles and chapters and that most of them focused almost entirely on mechanisms and methodology. The publication of this book, first in German and then in English, provided the first book on electrodermal activity, and one that extensively covers psychological applications as well as mechanisms and methodology. Again to quote David Lykken back in 1992, "The return of German scholarship to what I shall loftily call the high table of psychophysiology is exemplified by this fine book, the most comprehensive treatise on the electrodermal system to appear in any language . . ." I completely agree with v that evaluation. Professor Boucsein's outstanding scholarship has produced a book of such breadth of coverage ...

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Section: Gender Differencesmentioning

confidence: 74%

Electrodermal Activity

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2012

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“…A large body of research examining the unitary nature of the OR quickly followed. Rather than suggesting a unitary response pattern, the majority of the evidence showed only moderate inter-correlations for the autonomic components of the OR (e.g., Barry, 1977aBarry, ,b, 1978Barry, , 1979Barry, , 1982aBarry and James, 1981a,b;Maltzman et al, 1979;Ray et al, 1977;Siddle and Heron, 1977). Barry (1977aBarry ( ,b, 1978 examined the stimulus response patterns for EEG alpha desynchronisation, respiratory pause (RESP), peripheral pulse amplitude response (PPAR), cephalic pulse amplitude response (CPAR), galvanic skin response (GSR) and changes in heart rate (HR) in a simple habituation paradigm.…”

Section: The Lpc and The Orienting Reflexmentioning

confidence: 97%

Single-trial event-related potentials to significant stimuli

Rushby

Barry

2009

International Journal of Psychophysiology

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“…Parametric testing of Sokolov's core OR characteristics with autonomic and EEG measures showed inconsistencies in relation to this unitary perspective (e.g., Barry, 1977aBarry, ,b, 1978Barry, , 1979Barry, , 1982aBarry and James, 1981a,b;Maltzman et al, 1979;Ray et al, 1977;Siddle and Heron, 1977). For example, Barry (1977aBarry ( ,b, 1978 examined the stimulus-response patterns for respiratory pause, peripheral and cephalic pulse amplitude responses, electrodermal response, changes in heart rate (HR), and EEG alpha desynchronisation.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%