Stability and adaptation of some measures of electrodermal activity in children.

Abstract

Measures of electrodermal activity in children, skin resistance levels, and spontaneous fluctuations, made during rest and during tone stimulation were related to each other and to the conditions under which they were obtained. The results indicate that the resting measures are fairly reliable over time although they both showed the effects of adaptation, and they are influenced by the amount and type of prior activity. These measures showed significant but low relationships with each other. Orienting responses to tone stimulation tended to show the effects of adaptation from stimulation in a previous session. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)