Changes in skin temperature following intense stimulation.

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This study concerns the changes in skin temperature following intense stimulation, measured by means of a thermocouple potentiometer. The results of the experiments are summarized as follows: (1) There is a tendency for some stimuli to cause predominantly positive temperature changes while others show more negative changes. The variations in temperature may be as large as 4°. (2) Almost any sort of stimulation will cause temperature change if intense and sudden enough, or if it possesses "stimulating character" such as is found in crucial words of the word-associations test. Often anticipation of an unpleasant stimulus caused more change than the stimulus itself. (3) The presence or absence of emotional states cannot be inferred from the temperature response, although there is a tendency for large changes to be accompanied by reportable internal changes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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