galvanic skin response

noun

: a change in the electrical resistance of the skin that is a physiochemical response to emotional arousal which increases sympathetic nervous system activity

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Sensors that measure variations in the conductance of our skin due to changes in our sweat glands—known as the galvanic skin response—are starting to show up in wrist wearables and will be easily adapted to the ear. IEEE Spectrum, 1 May 2019 So did a device that analyzed galvanic skin response—how much a subject was sweating. The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022 These include galvanic skin response, eye tracking, respiration, EEG brain wave measurement and others. Roger Dooley, Forbes, 7 Nov. 2021

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First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of galvanic skin response was in 1942

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Medical Definition

galvanic skin response

noun
: a change in the electrical resistance of the skin that is a physiochemical response to emotional arousal which increases sympathetic nervous system activity
abbreviation GSR

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