title: The effect of stimulus omission and interstimulus interval (ISI) on electrodermal habituation at short ISIs.
abstract: An experiment was conducted to examine the effects of complete stimulus omission and interstimulus interval (ISI) variability on habituation of the skin conductance response. A new scoring technique allowed shorter ISIs to be used (0.5-1.5 s) than in previous studies. It was found that both stimulus omission and variation of a previously constant ISI had a significant effect on the course of habituation at short ISIs. The results are consistent with comparator models of habituation and suggest that participants encode the ISI of a series of stimuli presented as short ISIs.
authors.affiliation: University of Tasmania, Australia.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Daniels
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005712:Galvanic Skin Response / Q000502:physiology*; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors