On Certain Electrical Processes in the Human Body and Their Relation to
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Print on Demand. This book investigates the use of psycho-galvanic reflex to examine human emotional responses under normal and pathological conditions. It initially provides a thorough analysis of the physiological causes of galvanometric deflections, shedding light on the challenges of subconscious hand movements and the value of electrical deflections in indicating emotions. The author presents evidence that emotional reactions manifest in both electro-motive changes and reduced body resistance of the skin. The primary physiological driver of these phenomena is identified as sweat gland activity, with the author demonstrating that potential and resistance variations closely align with sweat secretion patterns. This book plays a pivotal role in the development of the psycho-galvanic reflex as a tool for understanding emotions. Its examination of the physiological mechanisms underlying galvanometric deflections and the identification of sweat gland activity as the main driver provide a solid foundation for further research and applications of this technique in various fields. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.…
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- On Certain Electrical Processes in the Human Body and Their Relation to
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- Frederic Lyman Wells, Alexander Forbes
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- Forgotten Books
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- 2024
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- English
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To study the influence of resistance changes, the second method was used, namely, the introduction into the circuit of the Gordon cell in series with the body and the galvanometer. Owing to the magnitude of the current, the sensitivity of the galvanometer was reduced one hundred-fold by means of the shunt. As stated above, the deflections thus caused ranged generally between 500 and 600 m. If a series of word stimuli was then tried, the deflections which resulted invariably consisted in an increase in the initial deflection. Their average magnitude was between 10 and 20 mm. And they rarely exceeded 60 mm.; thus the maximum deflections indicated an increase of about 10 per cent. In the current passing through the body. At first sight it might appear that here also the deflections are due to electrical potential in the hands augmenting the current of the cell, but the fact that the deflections here are all in one direc tion, while with isopotential electrodes they may be in either, is much against it. Furthermore, a little quantitative study shows that a difierence of potential of the magnitude detected with iso potential electrodes could not possibly produce such large deflec tions as are seen with the cell current. The galvanometer being at 01 of its full sensitivity which is employed with isopotential elec trodes, it would require 100 times as much e.m.f. To produce a given deflection as it does to produce the same deflection at full sensitiv ity, and yet the deflections in the two cases are found to be of about the same magnitude. With isopotential electrodes and the galvan ometer at full sensitivity, the deflections following stimuli rarely exceed 100 mm. It would require 30 times the e.m.f. Which this indicates to produce a change of 30 mm. With the sensitivity re duced, and yet 30 mm. Is by no means an infrequent deflection with the Gordon cell. It follows from this that electro-motive changes can not account for the deflections observed when a strong outside current is used. In short, emotional reactions are accompanied both by changes in the difierence of potential between the immersed fingers and by changes in the resistance of the body.
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