NOVELTY AND MEASUREMENT OF GSR

ELECTRODERMAL EFFECTS OF PRESENTING A FAMILIAR STIMULUS (LAST OF 15 TONES OR LIGHTS) AND A NOVEL STIMULUS (LIGHT OR TONE, RESPECTIVELY, AFTER THE 15TH TONE OR LIGHT) TO 40 COLLEGE SS WERE EXAMINED WITH THE LEVELS AND CHANGES-IN-LEVELS TECHNIQUES. ONLY THE LATTER TECHNIQUE PRODUCED GREATER RESPONDING TO NOVELTY, SUGGESTING THAT THE GSR, DEFINED AS A TRANSIENT ELECTRODERMAL VARIATION FOLLOWING STIMULATION, IS NOT NECESSARILY INSENSITIVE TO STIMULUS CHANGE. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1968 American Psychological Association.