Talk:Galvanic skin response

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[edit] Sources

This article is in desperate need of sources for all the points it advances. Since it is linked to the Scientology as it is this principle they use for their E-meters, all of this article needs to be sourced.

[edit] Merge

According to McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online, "Electrodermal response (EDR) has replaced galvanic skin response as the collective term."[1] From what I've seen in research articles that use EDR testing, this is true (for instance, if you do an article database search for psychopathy+electrodermal you'll get far more hits than for psychopathy+galvanic). With this in mind, wouldn't it make more sense to do the suggested merge the other way around? In other words, merge the EDR article into this galvanic skin response article, then move the whole thing to "Electrodermal response" with a redirect?

Zeligf 21:12, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Okay, so... unless someone objects in the next few days, I'll go ahead and do that. --Zeligf 04:59, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Agree

depend on the course in the university

[edit] Early history?

It seems that the first published documentation of electrodermal activity (or EDA, GSR, EDR, SCR or whatever) was in 1890 and was coined the Tarchanoff Response (after the researcher).

Just thought I'd stick this in here to nudge expansion of the topic. Maybe I'll do it myself when I've finished my vast university workload (mainly self induced...) but until then editing Wikipedia counts as procrastination.

There is a large body of research around this area (much available online) and the wiki entry is wanting for detail. If anyone has an 'Athens' account or wants to learn more through google scholar there should be ample material complete with proper referencing...

84.43.120.146 16:30, 13 August 2007 (UTC)Toby