Investigation of psychophysiologic relationships with skin resistance measures

Classical EDR conditioning using a truly random control and subjects differing in electrodermal lability level

“…The significant main effect of lability in this experiment confirms the finding of previous studies that lability is significantly correlated with magnitude of response to tone (Purohit, 1966;Silverman et al, 1959).…”

“…Frequency of spontaneous electrodermal responses (EDRs) has been shown to be a useful index of central nervous system arousal (Burch & Greiner, 1960;Ka tkin, 1965Ka tkin, , 1966Silverman, Cohen, & Shmavonian, 1959). Furthermore, a high rate of resting spontaneous electrodermal activity differentiated clinically anxious subjects from normals and object-specific phobics (Lader, 1975;Lader & Wing, 1964).…”

Psychophysiological Investigations in Sensory Deprivation

“…Previous work by our group 9 and by Edelberg et al 10 and Burch and Greiner 11 has suggested the utilization of the GSR as a peripheral autonomic index of "arousal." It has been demonstrated that frequency of apparently spontaneous fluctuations of the GSR (20-200 ohms in magnitude) appeared to reflect the level of activation ot peripheral sympathetic fibers (and that these nonspecific GSR's were related to the ability to perceive, integrate, and perform goal-directed tasks.)…”

Jealousy, general creativity, and coping with social frustration during the menstrual cycle

“…For this purpose, stories were presented to spontaneously cycling women during menses, the midluteal phase, and the preovulatory phase to induce feelings of jealousy. Ratings of subjective jealousy and nonspecific electrodermal activity (EDA), which is linearly related to sympathetic arousal (Silverman et al, 1959;Boucsein, 1988), were measured to assess the intensity of these feelings.…”