What is the meaning of electrical skin response?

A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety; can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body.
- synonyms: galvanic skin response, GSR, psychogalvanic response, electrodermal response, Fere phenomenon, Tarchanoff phenomenon

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