galvanic skin response

American  

noun

1. a change in the electrical conductivity of the skin caused by an emotional reaction to a stimulus.

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galvanic skin response British  

noun

1.  GSR.  a change in the electrical resistance of the skin occurring in moments of strong emotion; measurements of this change are used in lie detector tests

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Etymology

Origin of galvanic skin response

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

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From Salon

Ipsos, a research company, invited 40 people to a Super Bowl screening in New York and fitted their wrists and fingers with various gizmos to “passively capture galvanic skin response.”

From Seattle Times

A third electrode, on the sole of the baby’s foot, will measure his “galvanic skin response,” or how much he’s sweating.

From The New Yorker

He made it compact for travel and added a component to gauge galvanic skin response, which measures sweat gland activity that could reflect the intensity of an emotional state.

From Salon

The test measured "thoracic and abdominal respiration, galvanic skin response, and cardiac activity," Hanafin wrote in the report.

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