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    TARCHANOFF PHENOMENON

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    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 bodyplay

    Synonyms:

    electrical skin response; electrodermal response; Fere phenomenon; galvanic skin response; GSR; psychogalvanic response; Tarchanoff phenomenon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("Tarchanoff phenomenon" is a kind of...):

    reaction; response (a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent)

    Holonyms ("Tarchanoff phenomenon" is a part of...):

    lie detector (a polygraph that records bodily changes sometimes associated with lying)

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