Bilateral electrodermal activity: reliability, laterality and individual differences

Schulter, Günter; Papousek, Ilona

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“…2.5.4.2). Schulter and Papousek (1992) performed a more sophisticated reliability study with 54 dextral participants (37 females, 17 males; aged between 18 and 33 years). SC was recorded thenar/hypothenar from both hands with standard methodology.…”

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“…Fahrenberg and Foerster (1982) reported a short-term stability of r ¼ 0.81 for the NS.SCR freq., and Iacono et al (1984a) yielded a 1-year retest reliability of r ¼ 0.62. Schulter and Papousek (1992) in their study with 54 participants of both genders described in Sect. 3.1.4.1, reported short-and long-term reliabilities for NS.SCR freq.…”

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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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Electrodermal Activity

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2012

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“…EDR stabiles recalled approximately 50% more words than did labiles. Other studies have shown EDR stabiles to be superior to labiles in the spatial manipulation of geometric figures: Stabiles require less time to extract simpler figures from more complex designs in an embedded figures test (Hustmyer and Karnes 1964) and are more accurate in matching a target cube to a correctly rotated alternative (Schulter and Papousek 1992). Stabiles also more quickly recognize whether a complex figure matches one of two items held in working memory (Zimmer et al 1990).…”

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Personality and Electrodermal Response Lability: An Interpretation

Crider

2008

Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback

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Electrodermal response (EDR) lability is a psychophysiological trait reflecting stable individual differences in electrodermal activation as indexed by frequency measures of phasic EDR activity. There is no consistent evidence that EDR lability reflects dispositional or clinical anxiety. However, EDR lability appears to be related to individual differences in the overt expression of emotional and antagonistic impulses. Greater EDR lability is associated with a relatively undemonstrative and agreeable disposition, whereas greater EDR stability is associated with a relatively expressive and antagonistic disposition. The inverse relationship between EDR lability and the expression of emotional and antagonistic impulses suggests that EDR lability may reflect individual differences in the effortful control of such expression. This hypothesis is consistent with cognitive effort interpretations of phasic EDR activity, with evidence of the sensitivity of phasic EDR activity to capacity-demanding tasks, and with evidence of reduced spare capacity among EDR labile individuals under cognitive challenge. Individual differences in effortful self-control may explain the association of greater EDR lability with essential hypertension and greater EDR stability with forms of antisocial behavior.

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“…This finding raises the possibility of developing an objective measure of opioid tolerance using biosensors that could guide clinician prescribing. Cerebral lateralization and resultant differences in EDA measured in bilateral limbs of the same individual has been well documented [6,9] Complex differences in EDA measurements with respect to laterality have been observed in normal subjects performing a variety of physical and cognitive tasks [9,10]. Furthermore, studies looking at stress responses and EDA demonstrate conflicting results, with some demonstrating exaggeration of bilateral differences and others showing decreased variability or even pattern reversal [11].…”

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Real-Time Mobile Detection of Drug Use with Wearable Biosensors: A Pilot Study

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While reliable detection of illicit drug use is paramount to the field of addiction, current methods involving selfreport and urine drug screens have substantial limitations that hinder their utility. Wearable biosensors may fill a void by providing valuable objective data regarding the timing and contexts of drug use. This is a preliminary observational study of four emergency department patients receiving parenteral opioids and one individual using cocaine in a natural environment. A portable biosensor was placed on the inner wrist of each subject, to continuously measure electrodermal activity (EDA), skin temperature, and acceleration. Data were continuously recorded for at least 5 min prior to drug administration, during administration, and for at least 30 min afterward. Overall trends in biophysiometric parameters were assessed. Injection of opioids and cocaine use were associated with rises in EDA. Cocaine injection was also associated with a decrease in skin temperature. Opioid tolerance appeared to be associated with a blunted physiologic response as measured by the biosensor. Laterality may be an important factor, as magnitude of response varied between dominant and nondominant wrists in a single patient with bilateral wrist measurements. Changes in EDA and skin temperature are temporally associated with intravenous administration of opioids and cocaine; the intensity of response, however, may vary depending on history and extent of prior use.

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Bilateral electrodermal activity: reliability, laterality and individual differences

Cited by 23 publications

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Personality and Electrodermal Response Lability: An Interpretation

Real-Time Mobile Detection of Drug Use with Wearable Biosensors: A Pilot Study

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