psychogalvanicadj.
/ˌsʌɪkəʊɡalˈvanɪk/, U.S. /ˌsaɪkoʊˌɡælˈvænɪk/ Psychology and Physiology.
Designating the galvanic skin response (esp. in psychogalvanic reflex, psychogalvanic response); of, relating to, or involving this response.
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psychogalvanic1907
the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > measurement of mental states > experimental device > [adjective] > involving skin response
psychogalvanic1907
psychogalvanometric1932
1907 Brain 30 191 It is of interest to ascertain whether the psycho-galvanic reflex runs a parallel course with the complex indices.
1917 C. R. Payne tr. O. Pfister Psychoanalytic Method 336 Secretion of tears, sighing, psychogalvanic phenomena, changes in the pulse, etc.
1936 Discovery July 201 Some remarkable results have been obtained from ‘psycho-galvanic’ experiments.
1973 Times 17 Feb. 14/5 Orme-Johnstone, in a study of the psycho~galvanic response..showed that meditators had fewer responses than control subjects.
1997 Arch. Neurol. 54 388 The amplitude of the psychogalvanic response was increased in hyperekplexia, and the degree of habituation was significantly weaker in patients than in controls.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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