ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electrodermal response mean? 

• ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE (noun)
  The noun ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

electrical skin response; electrodermal response; Fere phenomenon; galvanic skin response; GSR; psychogalvanic response; Tarchanoff phenomenon

Hypernyms ("electrodermal response" is a kind of...):

reaction; response (a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent)

Holonyms ("electrodermal response" is a part of...):

lie detector (a polygraph that records bodily changes sometimes associated with lying)

 Context examples 

Also called electrodermal response and skin conduction.

(Galvanic skin response, NCI Dictionary)

Electrodermal response increases in certain emotional states and during hot flashes that happen with menopause.

(Electrodermal response, NCI Dictionary)