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STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF VOLAR SKIN POTENTIAL LEVEL IN ATTENTION AND THE EFFECTS OF AGE
Author(s) -
Surwillo Walter W.
Publication year - 1969
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.1469-8986.1969.tb02878.x
Subject(s) - normality , psychology , audiology , distribution (mathematics) , developmental psychology , skin conductance , test (biology) , task (project management) , social psychology , mathematics , medicine , mathematical analysis , paleontology , biology , management , biomedical engineering , economics
Skin potential (SP) level was investigated in 58 young (aged 22–53 years) and 64 old (aged 54–85 years) S s. SP recordings were made during a 15‐min interval while S s were taking part in a watch‐keeping task. The Kolmogorov‐Smimov test revealed that, while the distribution of SP level in young S s deviated significantly from normality, the distribution in old S s was normal. Evidence suggested that age of S s needs to be taken into account when dealing with distributions of SP level recorded under attentive conditions.