The galvanic skin response following artificial reduction of the basal resistance.

Abstract

The expt. reported was designed to study the effect of artificial reduction of the basal resistance (by rubbing the skin with electrode paste) on the galvanic skin response. For each of 192 Ss simultaneous measures of the galvanic skin response (GSR) in both hands were made. In one group both hands were treated with electrode paste; in a second group both hands were untreated and in a third group one hand was treated and the other untreated. The reliability measurement was in general high under each of the two conditions, and the results suggested that the GSR was not significantly distorted by artificial reduction in the basal resistance.