galvanic skin response

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galvanic skin response - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  galvanic skin response
      n 1: a change in the electrical properties of the skin in
           response to stress or anxiety; can be measured either by
           recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by
           recording weak currents generated by the body [syn:
           galvanic skin response, GSR, psychogalvanic response,
           electrodermal response, electrical skin response, Fere phenomenon
           , Tarchanoff phenomenon]