psychogalvanic response
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psychogalvanic response
(ˌsaɪkəʊɡəlˈvænɪk)n
(Psychology) another name for galvanic skin responseAbbreviation: PGR
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Noun | 1. | psychogalvanic response - 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 electrical skin response, electrodermal response, Fere phenomenon, galvanic skin response, GSR, Tarchanoff phenomenon response, reaction - a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age" lie detector - a polygraph that records bodily changes sometimes associated with lying |
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