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SPONTANEOUS ELECTRODERMAL ACTIVITY DURING WAKING AND SLEEPING
Author(s) -
Johnson Laverne C.,
Lubin Ardie
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1966.tb02673.x
Subject(s) - psychology , skin conductance , sleep (system call) , spontaneous recovery , slow wave sleep , sleep onset , rapid eye movement sleep , audiology , developmental psychology , sleep stages , eye movement , polysomnography , electroencephalography , neuroscience , insomnia , medicine , psychiatry , computer science , biomedical engineering , operating system
Spontaneous electrodermal activity (EDA) (galvanic skin response [GSR] and skin potential response [SPR]) was recorded during daytime sleep and nighttime sleep. During all sleep, spontaneous EDA occurred most frequently during stages 3 and 4 (slow wave sleep) and least frequently during stage 1 (rapid eye movement [REM] and non‐REM). This pattern was consistent over 3 nights of sleep. There was no relation between waking and sleeping spontaneous EDA. The spontaneous EDA during slow wave sleep significantly exceeded that during waking. During sleep, spontaneous SPRs often occurred without spontaneous GSRs.