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galvanic skin response

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galvanic skin response [gal′van·ik ′skin ri‚späns]
(physiology)
The electrical reactions of the skin to any stimulus as detected by a sensitive galvanometer; most often used experimentally to measure the resistance of the skin to the passage of a weak electric current. Also known as electrodermal response.


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Card and Farrall (1990) also informally observed that, as in lie detection, changes in galvanic skin response (GSR) seemed to be associated with attempts to fake during PPG assessment.
No mention is made of evaluative tools such as a manual muscle test or use of goniometers, electromyography, thermal and galvanic skin response instruments, and so forth.
Key to the Bunnyfoot approach is its ability to passively observe and record gamers at play by capturing eye tracking and physiological data, such as heart rate and galvanic skin response.
 
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