Orienting-reaction theory and an increase in the human GSR following stimulus change which is unpredictable but not contrary to prediction.

Furedy, John J.; Scull, John

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“…signal-shock interval of Furedy and Doob (1971b), but was equal to the second largest mean interstimulus interval of 20 sec. used by Furedy and Scull (1971); in all these studies a reliable response-interference effect was found. It is also worth noting that habituation, in the sense of sheer stimulus repetition independent of any response-interference effect, does not fully explain the present shock number effect.…”

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Unconfounded autonomic indexes of the aversiveness of signaled and unsignaled shocks.

Furedy¹,

Klajner²

1972

Journal of Experimental Psychology

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The fact that signaled shocks elicit greater autonomic responding than unsignaled shocks does not necessarily indicate a difference in aversiveness. This form of the autonomic index (AI) is confounded by a response-interference factor, since the signal itself elicits a response. An unconfounded form of the AI was developed within a specially adapted version of the classical conditioning paradigm, and applied to 28 5s. The UCS comprised five .3-sec. shocks presented at verbal index (VI) 20 sec., while the CS was a 10-sec. light. The UCS was varied within 5s in intensity (1.0 vs. 2.5 mA) and signaling (whether or not each shock in the shock-series UCS was preceded by a .S-sec. tone), and the four CS lights acted as secondary signals to indicate the type of UCS to follow. One electrodermal and one plethysmographic form of the AI was validated in that each was reliably sensitive to UCS intensity differences, but both forms of the AI and verbal rated-intensity measures indicated that signaling does not reduce shock aversiveness.

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Unconfounded autonomic indexes of the aversiveness of signaled and unsignaled shocks.

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Klajner²

1972

Journal of Experimental Psychology

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“…Of course if one steps outside the cognitive, contingency paradigm, then this delay in contingency recognition may be a function of boredom with the experiment, where meaningless CS-alone trials are being presented at intervals of at least 30 s between CSs in the typical EDR conditioning experiment. 38 This argument may be questioned, based on findings obtained by Furedy and Scull (1971). They observed what they called a "relative refractory period" of at least 20 s for an EDR.…”

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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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“…The initial adaptation period apparently established a neuronal model which defined some changes illllmination as deviations from the standard, and others as restorations of standard conditions. Furedy and Scull (1971) exposed subjects to a random sequence of possible events. They noted that repetition of the same event caused a smaller OR than alternation.…”

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Egeth¹,

Kahneman²

1975

The American Journal of Psychology

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Orienting-reaction theory and an increase in the human GSR following stimulus change which is unpredictable but not contrary to prediction.

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Unconfounded autonomic indexes of the aversiveness of signaled and unsignaled shocks.

Unconfounded autonomic indexes of the aversiveness of signaled and unsignaled shocks.

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