Electrodermal activity during aversive stimulation: sex differences in smokers and non-smokers.
Skin conductance activity was monitored in male and female smokers and non-smokers during repeated presentation of high intensity auditory stimuli. Smokers, and, in particular, female smokers, exhibited significantly higher resting skin conductance levels and significantly larger skin conductance responses. The results are discussed in relation to "stress-reduction" smoking.
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D005260:Female; D005712:Galvanic Skin Response; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking