A wireless portable physiology recorder for psychophysiology research based on a personal digital assistant.
Psychophysiology research is increasingly relying on portable instruments that can assess physiological responses during real-life situations at locations outside of research labs, such as at school, home, work, and outdoors. In this article, I report on the feasibility of a personal digital assistant-based portable physiology recording system with online signal graphing and wireless digital telemetry for psychophysiology research. I demonstrate that such a system can measure electrocardiogram and electrodermal activity and send this data over a wireless communication link to a PC. It enables users to inspect the integrity of the acquired signals on the portable device and on a PC base station, and it allows users to place time markers for online data analysis.
Schrama
Thijs
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Faculty of Social Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. tschrama@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
D003199:Computer Systems; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005712:Galvanic Skin Response; D006801:Humans; D011603:Psychophysiology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods