Response to Commentaries on “Multiple Arousal Theory and Daily-Life Electrodermal Activity Asymmetry”

Picard, Rosalind W.; Fedor, Szymon; Ayzenberg, Yadid

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“…A review covering this literature can be found in Hugdahl (1984) evaluating 51 papers, and the topic of electrodermal lateralization and hemispheric asymmetry is covered in Boucsein (2012) ch 3.1.4. In the recent article «Multiple arousal theory and daily-life electrodermal activity» Picard et al (2016) report unintended findings of occasional lateral asymmetries of EDA and discuss their results in the context of a suggested “Multiple arousal theory.” In a series of case studies the long-term EDA measurements were for the most part symmetric between the right and the left side, however a strong asymmetry with markedly increased skin conductance level (SCL) on the right side was observed in what the authors interpreted later as “high-stake emotional” or “threat-related” situations (Picard et al, 2016). The authors provided a theoretical background for the multiple arousal theory on the basis of previous EDA and imaging studies relating the notion of relatively increased right-lateral EDA to right-hemispheric amygdala activation, which has previously been associated with threat-related emotional responses (Mangina and Beuzeron-Mangina, 1996; Lanteaume et al, 2007; Monk et al, 2008).…”

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“…The suggested “multiple arousal theory” raised considerable interest and resulted in several commentaries followed by authors’ response (Critchley and Nagai, 2015; Mendes, 2016; Norman, 2016; Picard et al, 2016; Richter, 2016; Sabatinelli, 2016). While these commentaries were in general positive toward the concept of multiple arousal theory, the need for more systematic research including testable and falsifiable predictions has been voiced (Richter, 2016).…”

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“…Since scientific definitions of arousal are multiple, contradictory, and fuzzy (Mendes, 2016), we used as a starting point of this study the retrospectively developed interpretation suggested by Picard et al (2016). We interpreted Picard’s term «high-stake» as corresponding to the psychological term «salience» and interpreted the term «threat» as resembling an intensively negative, possible, but yet uncertain anticipated future event.…”

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“…Instead, the situation was associated with the potential loss of the newly acquired valuable good. Based on a large body of research on framing effects in gambling tasks, we assume that the risk of possibly losing the iPad created a loss aversion, a psychologically stressful state we interpret as equivalent to an emotionally intensive high-stake situation in the sense suggested by Picard et al (2016).…”

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“…The Multiple Arousal Theory (Picard et al, 2016) was proposed to explain retrospective observations of bilateral differences in electrodermal activities occurring in threat-related high-stake situations. The theory proposes different cortical and subcortical structures to be involved in the processing of various facets of emotional states.…”

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An Investigation on Bilateral Asymmetry in Electrodermal Activity

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The Multiple Arousal Theory ( Picard et al., 2016 ) was proposed to explain retrospective observations of bilateral differences in electrodermal activities occurring in threat-related high-stake situations. The theory proposes different cortical and subcortical structures to be involved in the processing of various facets of emotional states. Systematic investigations of this effect are still scarce. This study tested the prediction of bilateral electrodermal effects in a controlled laboratory environment where electrodermal activity (EDA) was recorded bilaterally during normal activity and two stress-tasks in 25 healthy volunteers. A visual search stress task with a performance-related staircase algorithm was used, ensuring intersubjectively comparable stress levels across individuals. After completion of the task, a sense of ownership of an attractive price was created and loss aversion introduced to create a high-stake situation. Confirmation of the theory should satisfy the hypothesis of a bilateral difference in EDA between the dominant and non-dominant hand, which is larger during high-stake stressors than during low-stake stressors. The bilateral difference was quantified and compared statistically between the two stress-tasks, revealing no significant difference between them nor any significant difference between the stress tasks and the period of normal activity. Subgroup analysis of only the participants with maximum self-rating of their desire to win the price ( n = 7) revealed neither any significant difference between the two tasks nor between the stress-tasks and the period of normal activity. Although the theory was not confirmed by this study, eight cases suggestive of bilateral difference within the recordings were identified and are presented. Because the study is limited in using one of several possible operationalizations of the phenomenon, it is not possible to draw a general conclusion on the theory. Nevertheless, the study might contribute to a better understanding and encourage systematic review and hypothesis development regarding this new theory. Possible explanations and suggestions for future pathways to systematically investigate the Multiple Arousal Theory are discussed.

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Response to Commentaries on “Multiple Arousal Theory and Daily-Life Electrodermal Activity Asymmetry”

Cited by 11 publications

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An Investigation on Bilateral Asymmetry in Electrodermal Activity

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