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10 - The Electrodermal System

from Systemic Psychophysiology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2017

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Michael E. Dawson ,
Anne M. Schell  and
Diane L. Filion
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John T. Cacioppo ,
Louis G. Tassinary  and
Gary G. Berntson
John T. Cacioppo
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University of Chicago
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Texas A & M University
Gary G. Berntson
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Ohio State University
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Handbook of Psychophysiology , pp. 217 - 243
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