Conditioned suppression of a running response as related to competing responses, drive, and basal skin resistance level.

1967 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Chris Anderson ◽  
Carol Plant ◽  
Philip Paden
Keyword(s):  
Conditioned Suppression ◽  
Skin Resistance ◽  
Resistance Level ◽  
Competing Responses

Relationship between skin resistance level and static balance in type II diabetic subjects

2008 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eyyup Gulbandilar ◽  
Ali Cimbiz ◽  
Murat Sari ◽  
Hilmi Ozden
Keyword(s):  
Skin Resistance ◽  
Static Balance ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Resistance Level

Effects of Activation Level on Paired-Associate Learning

1967 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 329-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Germana
Keyword(s):  
Paired Associate ◽  
Position Effect ◽  
Skin Resistance ◽  
High Activation ◽  
Associate Learning ◽  
Paired Associates ◽  
Activation Level ◽  
Activation Theory ◽  
Omission Errors ◽  
Competing Responses

Ss were divided into high activation (HiAct) and low activation (LoAct) groups on the basis of pre-learning basal skin resistance (BSR). All Ss were given 3 trials on 2 different lists of paired-associates and the number of competing responses, omission errors, and correct responses emitted were recorded. In support of activation theory, it was found that HiAct Ss consistently made more competing responses but fewer omission errors than the LoAct Ss. The study also replicated the systematic decrement in number of competing responses across Trial 2 positions found in an earlier study and termed there the “habituational position effect.”

Effect of Exteroceptive Feedback in Controlling Electrodermal Activity in Pre-Conditioned Fears

1975 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 487-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter D. McLean ◽  
Loraine G. Milne
Keyword(s):  
Visual Feedback ◽  
Electrodermal Activity ◽  
Skin Resistance ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Visual Display ◽  
Resistance Level ◽  
Autonomic Responses ◽  
Within Subjects ◽  
Reversal Design

Ss with a strong fear of snakes were taught to increase and decrease their skin resistance during practice sessions with a continuous visual display. Ss were not aware that they were increasing or decreasing their levels of skin resistance and attempted only to influence the magnitude of the multimeter display, the polarity of which was controlled by the experimenter. The study used a within-subjects reversal design to investigate whether bidirectional control could be acquired over skin resistance level. To investigate whether this acquired control could affect the magnitude of elicited pre-conditioned autonomic responses, a pre- and post-training comparison was made between the GSRs elicited during test sessions in which Ss viewed slides of snakes while attempting to influence their electrodermal activity with the assistance of the visual display. The results suggest that Ss are able to acquire voluntarily bidirectional control of their level of skin resistance with continuous visual feedback and that this control can either depress or facilitate the magnitude of pre-conditioned emotional responses as a function of visual feedback.

scholarly journals Experiment on validity of skin resistance level as an index of arousal level.

Sangyo Igaku ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-268
Author(s):  
Kenichi TAKANO ◽  
Akihiko NAGASAKA ◽  
Kenji YOSHINO
Keyword(s):  
Skin Resistance ◽  
Arousal Level ◽  
Resistance Level

Time Estimation during Prolonged Sleep Deprivation and Its Relation to Activation Measures

2003 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Miró ◽  
M. Carmen Cano ◽  
Lourdes Espinosa-Fernández ◽  
Gualberto Buela-Casal
Keyword(s):  
Body Temperature ◽  
Sleep Deprivation ◽  
Skin Resistance ◽  
Time Estimation ◽  
Production Method ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Or Efficiency ◽  
Resistance Level ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
High Level

This is the first study to analyze variations in time estimation during 60 h of sleep deprivation and the relation between time estimation performance and the activation measures of skin resistance level, body temperature, and Stanford Sleepiness Scale (SSS) scores. Among 30 healthy participants 18 to 24 years of age, for a 10-s interval using the production method, we found a lengthening in time estimations that was modulated by circadian oscillations. No differences in gender were found in the time estimation task during sleep deprivation. The variations in time estimation correlated significantly with body temperature, skin resistance level, and SSS throughout the sleep deprivation period. When body temperature is elevated, indicating a high level of activation, the interval tends to be underestimated, and vice versa. When the skin resistance level or SSS is elevated (low activation), time estimation is lengthened, and vice versa. This lengthening is important because many everyday situations involve duration estimation under moderate to severe sleep loss. Actual or potential applications of this research include transportation systems, emergency response work, sporting activities, and industrial settings in which accuracy in anticipation or coincidence timing is important for safety or efficiency.

Length of History of Schizophrenic Disorder and Anxiety as Defined by Skin Resistance Level

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-230
Author(s):  
Herbert A. Marra ◽  
B. J. Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Learning Theory ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Skin Resistance ◽  
Schizophrenic Disorder ◽  
Resistance Level ◽  
Relevant Effect ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
History Of ◽  
Experimental Group

Level of anxiety as represented in skin resistance levels (SRLs) was measured 5 times throughout the day in 60 hospitalized schizophrenic patients. Ss were classified into 3 groups of varying lengths of history of schizophrenic disorder and further subdivided into groups remaining on tranquilizing medication and groups receiving no medication for 84 hr. prior to testing. The comparison group (medicated) mean SRL differed significantly from that of the experimental group (non-medicated) mean SRL thus demonstrating the relevant effect of removal of the experimental Ss from medication. The experimental Ss tended to show significantly less anxiety (increased SRLs) and more variable levels of anxiety (increased variation in SRL) as a function of increasing chronicity. These findings were interpreted as supporting Mednick's learning theory hypothesis regarding anxiety in schizophrenic disorder.

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