The Body and the Brain: Measuring Skin Conductance Responses to Understand the Emotional Experience
In this article, we introduce the method of measuring skin conductance responses (SCR) reflecting peripheral (bodily) signals associated with emotions, decisions, and eventually behavior. While measuring SCR is a well-established, robust, widely used, and relatively inexpensive method, it has been r...
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| author | Christopoulos, Georgios I. Uy, Marilyn Ang Yap, Wei Jie |
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| description | In this article, we introduce the method of measuring skin conductance responses (SCR) reflecting peripheral (bodily) signals associated with emotions, decisions, and eventually behavior. While measuring SCR is a well-established, robust, widely used, and relatively inexpensive method, it has been rarely utilized in organizational research. We introduce the basic aspects of SCR methodology and explain the behavioral significance of the signal, especially in connection with the emotional experience. Importantly, we describe in detail a specific research protocol (fear conditioning) that serves as an illustrative example to support the initial steps for organizational scholars who are new to the method. We also provide the related scripts for stimulus presentation and basic data analysis, as well as an instructional video, with the aim to facilitate the dissemination of SCR methodology to organizational research. We conclude by suggesting potential future research questions that can be addressed using SCR measurements. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/841532023-05-19T06:44:41Z The Body and the Brain: Measuring Skin Conductance Responses to Understand the Emotional Experience Christopoulos, Georgios I. Uy, Marilyn Ang Yap, Wei Jie Nanyang Business School Institute on Asian Consumer Insight Culture Science Institute Decision, Environmental and Organizational Neuroscience (DEON) Lab Skin Conductance Responses Galvanic Skin Responses In this article, we introduce the method of measuring skin conductance responses (SCR) reflecting peripheral (bodily) signals associated with emotions, decisions, and eventually behavior. While measuring SCR is a well-established, robust, widely used, and relatively inexpensive method, it has been rarely utilized in organizational research. We introduce the basic aspects of SCR methodology and explain the behavioral significance of the signal, especially in connection with the emotional experience. Importantly, we describe in detail a specific research protocol (fear conditioning) that serves as an illustrative example to support the initial steps for organizational scholars who are new to the method. We also provide the related scripts for stimulus presentation and basic data analysis, as well as an instructional video, with the aim to facilitate the dissemination of SCR methodology to organizational research. We conclude by suggesting potential future research questions that can be addressed using SCR measurements. MOE (Min. of Education, S’pore) 2016-12-23T03:36:17Z 2019-12-06T15:39:25Z 2016-12-23T03:36:17Z 2019-12-06T15:39:25Z 2016 2016 Journal Article Christopoulos, G. I., Uy, M. A., & Yap, W. J. (2016). The Body and the Brain: Measuring Skin Conductance Responses to Understand the Emotional Experience. Organizational Research Methods, in press. 1094-4281 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84153 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41940 10.1177/1094428116681073 195431 en Organizational Research Methods © 2016 The Authors. |
| spellingShingle | Skin Conductance Responses Galvanic Skin Responses Christopoulos, Georgios I. Uy, Marilyn Ang Yap, Wei Jie The Body and the Brain: Measuring Skin Conductance Responses to Understand the Emotional Experience |
| title | The Body and the Brain: Measuring Skin Conductance Responses to Understand the Emotional Experience |
| title_full | The Body and the Brain: Measuring Skin Conductance Responses to Understand the Emotional Experience |
| title_fullStr | The Body and the Brain: Measuring Skin Conductance Responses to Understand the Emotional Experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Body and the Brain: Measuring Skin Conductance Responses to Understand the Emotional Experience |
| title_short | The Body and the Brain: Measuring Skin Conductance Responses to Understand the Emotional Experience |
| title_sort | body and the brain measuring skin conductance responses to understand the emotional experience |
| topic | Skin Conductance Responses Galvanic Skin Responses |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84153 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41940 |
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