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The subjective threshold of fusion of paired light flashes (two-flash threshold) and tonic levels of skin conductance and skin potential were simultaneously measured in samples of drug free and medicated psychiatric patients. Significant intercorrelations were found between the two-flash threshold and a range corrected index of skin conductance and potential in both patient samples.
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1. This paper is part of a dissertation submitted to the University of Minnesota in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph. D. degree. The study was performed at the Minneapolis Veterans Administration Hospital. Thanks are due David T. Lykken and Harold Gilberstadt for their help and encouragement.
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Maley, M.J. Two-flash threshold, skin conductance and skin potential. Psychon Sci 9, 361–362 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327848
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