scholarly journals Measurements of Galvanic Skin Response on Subjects Affected by Stress

2019 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-29
Author(s):  
Loredana Cristina Dascălu ◽  
Claudiu Babiș ◽  
Oana Chivu ◽  
Gabriel Iacobescu ◽  
Ana Maria Alecusan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Galvanic Skin Response ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Mental Task ◽  
Data Set ◽  
The People ◽  
Sweat Secretion ◽  
Skin Response

Abstract The aim of the present paper is to study the Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) level on subjects affected by stress. The device that we have used, connects to the people by finger electrodes to record GSR. The purpose was to find statistical differences between the activities (mental task, walking, sitting and to fill out a survey about their lives) and their stress level. During the experiment, it was found that the survey caused the source of high stress and increasing skin conductance was caused by sweat secretion (mental, physical activity). Is needed to work of collecting data from more subjects because GSR is depended on human behaviour, is variable upon many factors (their eating habits, their emotional state, their gender, their relationship with family, etc) and we need to build a substantial data set for a valid research.

scholarly journals IDENTIFYING THE MENTAL STATUS OF BEDRIDDEN ELDERLY BY THE BODY TEMPERATURE, HEART RATE, AND SKIN CONDUCTIVITY USING AN ARDUINO SENSOR MODULE

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
W.B.P.N. Herath ◽  
R.A.K.I. Ranasinghe ◽  
M.P.C. Sandaru ◽  
I.A.S. Lakmali ◽  
A.G.N.K. Aluthgama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Body Temperature ◽  
Galvanic Skin Response ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
The Body ◽  
Blood Capillary ◽  
Sensor Module ◽  
Skin Response ◽  
Skin Conductivity ◽  
The Relationship

Addressing the emotional and mental health of the bedridden elderly is necessary as they are more likely to be depressed being isolated and dependent on a caregiver for a prolonged time. Several studies have been carried out to identify the mental stress of patients through their skin conductivity. The variations in the sympathetic nervous system reflect the emotional state of a person. This is demonstrated by the Galvanic Skin Response and thus can be used as a denotation of psychological or physiological arousal. Such arousal causes the blood capillary dilation, increment of sweat gland activities making the skin further conductive to electricity. In this study we develop a sensor module composed of a Galvanic Skin Response sensor for the bed ridden elderly and identify the relationship between body temperature, heart rate and GSR of them. The experiment is conducted upon 10 bed ridden elderly aged from 60 – 80 years of the Mihinthale region. The observations demonstrate a correlation between the heart rate, body temperature, skin conductivity and the human physiological states.

scholarly journals Effects of the COVID-19 Health Crisis on Sports Practice, Life Quality, and Emotional Status in Spanish High-Performance Athletes

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Conde ◽  
Luis Manuel Martínez-Aranda ◽  
Gema Sanz ◽  
Cristina López de Subijana ◽  
Antonio Sánchez-Pato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Sport Practice ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health

Spain is one of the many countries highly affected by the COVID-19 crisis, establishing very restrictive measures with a complete lockdown for more than 3 months. This situation forced the complete closure of sport practice and national or international competitions, leading to a negative impact on physical and psychological health of high-performance athletes. Therefore, the objectives of this study were (a) to determine the effects of the COVID-19 health crisis on Spanish high-performance athletes in terms of sports practice, life quality, and emotional state and (b) to identify the profile with the greatest difficulties during and after the lockdown. A sample of 130 high-performance athletes aged between 18 and 34 years (67 women and 63 men) participated in this study (83.1% achieved a medal in National–International elite competitions; 86.9% were considered student-athletes). Measures included socio-demographic data through a 5-dimension ad hoc survey: physical activity and exercise using an adapted version from the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ); health status and limitations using an adapted version of SF-12 Health Questionnaire; Perceived stress (Short-PSS); and Mood States (29-item POMS). All participants have shown a significant decrease pre–post-lockdown in both health and performance perception, especially in women, individual athletes, medalists, and student-athletes. Strong limitations of training, attention, and motivation as well as a moderate negative emotional state during lockdown were reported, in women, individual athletes, medalists, and student-athletes. Even with an improved emotional state and energy level in the post-lockdown period, moderate-to-high stress scores were reported by women and medalists. Our findings highlight the importance of paying attention to the physical and psychological health of elite athletes on three profiles: team athletes (due to social distance), student-athletes (dual-career issues), and women athletes (prevalence of implicit gender inequalities in sport).

scholarly journals Affective Embodied Agents and Their Effect on Decision Making

Proceedings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Adrian Acosta-Mitjans ◽  
Dagoberto Cruz-Sandoval ◽  
Ramon Hervas ◽  
Esperanza Johnson ◽  
Chris Nugent ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Galvanic Skin Response ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Ultimatum Game ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Embodied Agents ◽  
Irrational Behavior ◽  
Skin Response

Embodied agents, such as avatars and social robots, are increasingly incorporating a capacity to enact affective states and recognize the mood of their interlocutor. This influences how users perceive these technologies and how they interact with them. We report on an experiment aimed at assessing perceived empathy and fairness among individuals interacting with avatars and robots when compared to playing against a computer or a fellow human being. Twenty-one individuals were asked to play the ultimatum game, playing the role of a responder against another person, a computer, an avatar and a robot for a total of 32 games (8 per condition). We hypothesize that affective expressions by avatars and robots influence the emotional state of the users, leading them to irrational behavior by rejecting unfair proposals. We monitored galvanic skin response and heart rate of the players in the period when the offer was made by the proposer until the decision was announced by the responder. Our results show that most fair offers were accepted while most unfair offers were rejected. However, participants rejected more very unfair offers made by people and computers than by the avatars or robots.

scholarly journals The estimation system of human emotional state analysis based on the galvanic skin response

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (9(66)) ◽  
pp. 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ольга Геннадіївна Кисельова ◽  
Тетяна Вікторівна Сорока
Keyword(s):  
Galvanic Skin Response ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Skin Response ◽  
Estimation System ◽  
State Analysis

scholarly journals Emotional State of Consumer in the Urban Purchase: Processing Data

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrii Halkin
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Galvanic Skin Response ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Heart Beat ◽  
Stress Index ◽  
Processing Data ◽  
Skin Response ◽  
Purchase Process ◽  
Retail Chains

AbstractThe research aims to assess the emotional state of the consumer during the purchase process in the urban retail chains. Galvanic skin response (GSR) and heart beat per minute (BPM) are used to assess the effect of environment on emotional fatigue of the consumer during shopping. Stress index was used for evaluating the results of different shops visited by a consumer. The conceptual framework of emotional fatigue research has been presented. The method was also used to estimate the level of emotional fatigue of a consumer during his or her visit to any shop on each purchase stage. The results can improve the quality of trade services by creating more favorable environment for shopping, planning sales areas, shops, sales analysis, advertising campaigns, and analysis of customers’ behavior. Developing a method to process and assess a consumer’s emotional state in purchase elements extend the neuromarketing theory by including the real environment component in it.

Effect of Perceived Control on Stress Reduction in Pedodontic Patients

1973 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 1261-1264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman L. Corah
Keyword(s):  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Galvanic Skin Response ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Stress Conditions ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Signaling Device ◽  
Dental Procedures ◽  
Skin Response

A signaling device was given to patients to reduce stress in the dental chair. Galvanic skin response during the dental procedures indicated a complex relationship. Patients with the signaling device showed less arousal under high stress conditions but somewhat higher arousal under low stress conditions when compared with a control group.

Electing the Senate

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy J. Schiller ◽  
Charles Stewart III
Keyword(s):  
Original Data ◽  
State Legislators ◽  
Internal Conflict ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Senate Elections ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Seventeenth Amendment ◽  
The People ◽  
Election Process

From 1789 to 1913, U.S. senators were not directly elected by the people—instead the Constitution mandated that they be chosen by state legislators. This radically changed in 1913, when the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving the public a direct vote. This book investigates the electoral connections among constituents, state legislators, political parties, and U.S. senators during the age of indirect elections. The book finds that even though parties controlled the partisan affiliation of the winning candidate for Senate, they had much less control over the universe of candidates who competed for votes in Senate elections and the parties did not always succeed in resolving internal conflict among their rank and file. Party politics, money, and personal ambition dominated the election process, in a system originally designed to insulate the Senate from public pressure. The book uses an original data set of all the roll call votes cast by state legislators for U.S. senators from 1871 to 1913 and all state legislators who served during this time. Newspaper and biographical accounts uncover vivid stories of the political maneuvering, corruption, and partisanship—played out by elite political actors, from elected officials, to party machine bosses, to wealthy business owners—that dominated the indirect Senate elections process. The book raises important questions about the effectiveness of Constitutional reforms, such as the Seventeenth Amendment, that promised to produce a more responsive and accountable government.

Senam Sehat dalam Meningkatkan Imun Tubuh pada Masa Pandemi Covid 19 di Desa Peringgasela Selatan

10.29210/9940 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-36
Author(s):  
Muhammad Husni Tamim ◽  
Rina Nopiana
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
The Body ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
The People ◽  
Real Work ◽  
Sports Activities

Doing physical activity can make the body fit and increase the body's immunity to be able to fight the virus during the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on this, sports activities are needed to invite people to maintain their physical health through healthy exercise activities which are held aimed at increasing people's interest in exercising during the Covid-19 pandemic during new normal so that their body endurance is better. This community service (PKM) is a form of real work from the Hamzanwadi University Physical Education and Health Study Program for the people of South Pringgasela Village to participate in healthy gymnastics as an effort to prevent Covid-19. Healthy gymnastics activities can increase public awareness of the importance of maintaining health in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Yoga in the management of Diabetes Mellitus

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sreeharsha N. ◽  
Bargale Sushant Sukumar ◽  
Divyasree C. H.
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
The Body ◽  
Positive Thinking ◽  
The World ◽  
Diabetic Population ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Excess Glucose

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder in which the body is unable to make proper utilisation of glucose, resulting in the condition of hyperglycaemia. Excess glucose in the blood ultimately results in high levels of glucose being present in the urine (glycosuria). This increase the urine output, which leads to dehydration and increase thirst. India has the largest diabetic population in the world. Changes in eating habits, increasing weight and decreased physical activity are major factors leading to increased incidence of Diabetes. Lifestyle plays an important role in the development of Diabetes. Yoga offers natural and effective remedies without toxic side-effects, and with benefits that extend far beyond the physical. This system of Yoga is a simple, natural programme involving five main principles: proper exercise, proper breathing, proper relaxation, proper diet and positive thinking and meditation. It is a cost effective lifestyle intervention technique.

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