HyperDic: electrodermal_response

English > 1 sense of the expression electrodermal response:
NOUNactelectrodermal response, galvanic skin response, GSR, psychogalvanic response, electrical skin response, Fere phenomenon, Tarchanoff phenomenona change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety
English > electrodermal response: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety; can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body.
Synonymsgalvanic skin response, GSR, psychogalvanic response, electrical skin response, Fere phenomenon, Tarchanoff phenomenon
Part oflie detectorA polygraph that records bodily changes sometimes associated with lying
Broaderreaction, responseA bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

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