THE EFFECT OF STIMULUS OMISSION AND INTERSTIMULUS-INTERVAL (ISI) ON ELECTRODERMAL HABITUATION AT SHORT ISIS

Authors
DANIELS BA DAVIDSON JA
Citation
Ba. Daniels et Ja. Davidson, THE EFFECT OF STIMULUS OMISSION AND INTERSTIMULUS-INTERVAL (ISI) ON ELECTRODERMAL HABITUATION AT SHORT ISIS, British journal of psychology, 89, 1998, pp. 371-381
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
British journal of psychology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071269
Volume
89
Year of publication
1998
Part
3
Pages
371 - 381
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1269(1998)89:<371:TEOSOA>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
An experiment was conducted to examine the effects of complete stimulu s omission and interstimulus interval (ISI) variability on habituation of the skin conductance response. A new scoring technique allowed sho rter ISIs to be used (0.5-1.5 s) than in previous studies. It was foun d that both stimulus omission and variation of a previously constant I SI 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 prese nted as short ISIs.