Measurements of Galvanic Skin Response on Subjects Affected by Stress

Abstract

The aim of the present paper is to study the Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) level on subjects affected by stress. The device that we have used, connects to the people by finger electrodes to record GSR. The purpose was to find statistical differences between the activities (mental task, walking, sitting and to fill out a survey about their lives) and their stress level. During the experiment, it was found that the survey caused the source of high stress and increasing skin conductance was caused by sweat secretion (mental, physical activity). Is needed to work of collecting data from more subjects because GSR is depended on human behaviour, is variable upon many factors (their eating habits, their emotional state, their gender, their relationship with family, etc) and we need to build a substantial data set for a valid research.

Decoding of the coupling between brain and skin activities in olfactory stimulation by analysis of EEG and GSR signals

“…Therefore, we conclude that the changes in the activity of the skin are correlated with the changes in the activity of the brain. This investigation is novel in comparison to the published studies [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] that investigated the reaction of skin under different conditions without attempting to link it to brain activity.…”

“…In most of the reported works, Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) signals are considered as the index of skin activity. The reported studies that evaluated GSR signals to analyze emotions [1,2] and stress [3,4], to identify driver distraction [5], to investigate the effectiveness of social advertising [6], to analyze the sleep quality of older adults [7], and to detect pain [8] are worthy of being mentioned.…”