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Electrodermal activity (EDA) is the general term used to define autonomic changes in the electrical properties of the skin. One of the most frequently used measures of EDA is skin conductance (SC), which can be quantified by applying an electrical potential between two points of skin contact, usually the medial or distal phalanxes of the non-dominant hand, and measuring the resulting electric current between them.
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Greco, A., Valenza, G., Scilingo, E.P. (2016). Electrodermal Phenomena and Recording Techniques. In: Advances in Electrodermal Activity Processing with Applications for Mental Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46705-4_1
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