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PSYCHOGALVANIC RESPONSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A 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
Synonyms:
electrical skin response; electrodermal response; Fere phenomenon; galvanic skin response; GSR; psychogalvanic response; Tarchanoff phenomenon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("psychogalvanic response" is a kind of...):
reaction; response (a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent)
Holonyms ("psychogalvanic response" is a part of...):
lie detector (a polygraph that records bodily changes sometimes associated with lying)
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