Abstract
We investigated electrodermal activity (EDA) in 130 participants undergoing a shortened version of a novel easy, effective and controlled method to induce stress (the Sing-a-Song Stress Test). We compared skin conductance level (SCL), amplitude and number of skin conductance response peaks with respect to their sensitivity to the known stressor, for different scenarios of interests. EDA increased after stressor-onset for almost all participants. At a group level, the three variables were about equally sensitive. When examining the increase following the stressor with respect to preceding EDA within one individual, peak amplitude was most sensitive. Peak measures were clearly most sensitive in a simulated between-subject scenario (i.e., testing the difference in EDA between stress and non-stress intervals as if data originated from different, stressed and non-stressed groups of individuals). Peaks can be extracted by continuous decomposition (CDA) or through-to-peak analysis (TTP). In all analyses performed, CDA outperformed TTP. We thus recommend CDA peak amplitude for monitoring physiological stress effects in e.g. symbiotic systems.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Symbiotic Interaction |
Subtitle of host publication | 6th International Workshop, Symbiotic 2017, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, December 18-19, 2017. Revised Selected Papers |
Editors | Jaap Ham, Anna Spagnolli, Benjamin Blankertz, Luciano Gamberini, Giulio Jacucci |
Place of Publication | Cham |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 7-17 |
Number of pages | 11 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-319-91593-7 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-319-91592-0 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2018 |
Event | Symbiotic 2017: 6th International Workshop on Symbiotic Interaction - De Zwarte Doos, Eindhoven, Netherlands Duration: 18 Dec 2017 → 19 Dec 2017 Conference number: 6 |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
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Volume | 10727 LNCS |
ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
Conference | Symbiotic 2017 |
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Abbreviated title | Symbiotic 2017 |
Country | Netherlands |
City | Eindhoven |
Period | 18/12/17 → 19/12/17 |
Keywords
- Arousal
- Electrodermal activity
- GSR
- Sing-a-song stress test
- Skin conductance
- Stress
- Stress induction