Spontaneous Electrodermal Activity During Sleep in Man: An Intranight Study
Author(s) -
Esteve Freixa i Baqué,
B. Chevalier,
C. Grubar,
Claire Lambert,
Alain Lancry,
Philippe Le Conte,
H. Mériaux,
F. Spreux
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.1093/sleep/6.1.77
Subject(s) - habituation , sleep (system call) , psychology , rapid eye movement sleep , audiology , sleep stages , eye movement , sleep onset , developmental psychology , slow wave sleep , polysomnography , medicine , neuroscience , insomnia , electroencephalography , psychiatry , computer science , operating system
This study was designed to examine the intranight evolution of spontaneous electrodermal activity (EDA). Eight paid volunteer male students were recorded for 3 complete nights (after a habituation night). The results show that: during the first sleep cycle, EDA is significantly lower than during the rest of the night; rapid eye movement sleep evolves in a particular manner, which emphasizes the specificity of this sleep stage; and there is no internight habituation effect.
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