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psychogalˈvanic, a.
[ad. G. psycho-galvanisch(er reflex) (O. Veraguth 1907, in Monatsschr. f. Psychiatrie und Neurol. XXI. 387): see psycho- and galvanic a.]
Involving changes in the electrical conductivity of the skin associated with emotional changes; chiefly in psychogalvanic reflex or psychogalvanic response (abbrev. PGR s.v. P II) = galvanic skin response.
1907Brain XXX. 191 It is of interest to ascertain whether the psycho-galvanic reflex runs a parallel course with the complex indices. 1917C. R. Payne tr. Pfister's Psycho-Anal. Method 336 Secretion of tears, sighing, psychogalvanic phenomena, changes in the pulse, etc. 1936Discovery July 201 Some remarkable results have been obtained from ‘psycho-galvanic’ experiments. 1949Wimsatt & Beardsley in D. Lodge 20th Cent. Lit. Crit. (1972) 352 The affective critic is today actually able..to measure the ‘psychogalvanic reflex’ of persons subjected to a given moving picture. 1960Koestler Lotus & Robot i. iii. 119 The psycho-galvanic reflex (used in lie detectors) reflects changes in the electrical properties of the body surface in response to emotional stimuli. 1973Times 17 Feb. 14/5 Orme-Johnstone, in a study of the psycho⁓galvanic response..showed that meditators had fewer responses than control subjects.
Hence ˌpsychogalvaˈnometer, a galvanometer used to measure the psychogalvanic response; ˌpsychogalvanoˈmetric a.
1935H. F. Dunbar Emotions & Bodily Changes iii. 87 The usefulness of the psychogalvanometer for the measurement of emotions or for research in the field of psychosomatic relationships. Ibid. 592 (Index), Psychogalvanometric apparatus. 1936K. Dunlap Elements of Psychol. iv. 183 For the simplest psychogalvanometric use, a d'Arsonval galvanometer is connected directly to two electrodes. 1956Electronic Engin. XXVIII. 36 The earliest psycho-galvanometer consisted of a Wheatstone bridge connected to the palms of the subject's hands by means of metal electrodes. 1959Listener 17 Sept. 443/1 A horrid array of forceps, scalpels, stethoscopes, electrocardiographs, and psychogalvanometers. |