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Electrodermal Responses to Auditory Stimuli with Different Significance in Neurological Patients
Author(s) -
Schuri U.,
Cramon D.
Publication year - 1981
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.1469-8986.1981.tb03027.x
Subject(s) - habituation , psychology , stimulus (psychology) , audiology , vigilance (psychology) , auditory stimuli , orienting response , developmental psychology , neuroscience , perception , cognitive psychology , medicine
In 16 neurological patients with different levels of severely disturbed vigilance and 16 healthy subjects electrodermal responses to the name and the name backwards were elicited. In the most severely impaired patients, no differences were found between stimulus conditions. In less severe cases, significantly larger responses to the name were found but only on initial trials. In normal subjects differences persisted throughout 10 presentations of each stimulus. All subject groups demonstrated habituation.