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Electrodermal habituation speed and visual monitoring performance.
Gerhard VosselRainer Rossmannsubject
Malemedicine.medical_specialtyCognitive Neurosciencemedia_common.quotation_subjectExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyAudiologyDevelopmental psychologyOrienting responseDevelopmental NeurosciencemedicineHumansHabituationHabituation PsychophysiologicBiological Psychiatrymedia_commonResponse FrequencyEndocrine and Autonomic SystemsGeneral NeuroscienceGalvanic Skin ResponseNeuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyNeurologyVisual PerceptionDetection performancePsychologySkin conductanceArousalVisual monitoringVigilance (psychology)description
Previous research has suggested that speed of habituation of the electrodermal orienting response is related to auditory vigilance performance. The present study investigated the relationship between habituation speed, nonspecific response frequency, and detection performance in a complex visual monitoring task. Two levels of task difficulty were employed. In the visual monitoring task, correct detections declined across blocks, and fewer signals were detected in the difficult task condition. Slow habituators detected more signals than fast habituators, but NSR-frequency was not significantly related to the number of correct detections. The implications of these findings for different models of the relationship between habituation speed and vigilance performance are discussed.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-01-01 | Psychophysiology |