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BASAL CONDUCTANCE LEVEL AND MOTOR PERFORMANCE
Author(s) -
CORTEEN R. S.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1967.tb01061.x
Subject(s) - psychology , conductance , tonic (physiology) , basal (medicine) , skin conductance , audiology , developmental psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , chemistry , neuroscience , endocrinology , mathematics , combinatorics , biology , medicine , insulin , biomedical engineering
The relations between log. basal conductance and performance on three tasks were investigated. Significant relations were found with end spurt and reminiscence on the pursuit rotor, with overall performance on a dotting task, and with abnormally slow responses and optimum response speed in reaction time. These results are consistent with a view of basal conductance as a measure of ‘tonic’ activation or the ergotropic‐trophotropic dimension of Hess.