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An Evaluation

D. N. O'CONNELL; BERNARD TURSKY; MARTIN T. ORNE, M.D., Ph.D.

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1960;3(3):252-258.

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I. Introduction

Measures of skin potential level and changes in response to stimulus conditions have been used in psychological research much less often than have measures of skin resistance or skin impedance. To a large extent, this has been due to lack of adequate instrumentation. However, in recent years greatly improved instrumentation has become available making feasible accurate recording of skin potentials.

From a theoretical viewpoint, the potential measure appears the measure of choice, since it imposes no external current on the physiological system under study, whereas resistance and impedance measures are known to be a partial function of the frequency and magnitude of the imposed current.²

In both research and clinical use of electrodermal measures of skin activity, the level of ongoing activity as well as transient responses in level are of interest. The significance of initial level for the evaluation of any . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Boston

From the Massachusetts Mental Health Center.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication April 12, 1960.

This research was supported in part by a Public Health Service Research Grant #N2820 (A) from the Institute of Mental Health, Public Health Service and in part by a grant from the Society for the Investigation of Human Ecology.

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