Response to Commentaries on “Multiple Arousal Theory and Daily-Life Electrodermal Activity Asymmetry”
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We respond to the commentaries of Critchley and Nagai, Mendes, Norman, Sabatinelli, and Richter. We agree that a theory needs to make predictions and we elaborate on the predictions we made so far. We do not agree that arousal has to have a precise definition in order to present theory about it; however, we do provide concrete answers to questions raised about multiple arousal theory.
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Right and left asymmetry may be a better indication of arousal than one-sided EDA measurements.
“Previously we have posited that right and left asymmetry may be a better indication of arousal than one-sided EDA measurements (46).”
From Monitoring Changes in Depression Severity Using Wearable and Mobile Sensors (2020) · cites this paper as [46]
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Bagby, R. M., Parker, J. D. A., & Taylor, G. J. (1994) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/0022-3999(94)90005-1 · Cited by 5,293 · see citing works
Multiple Arousal Theory and Daily-Life Electrodermal Activity Asymmetry
Picard, R. W., Fedor, S., & Ayzenberg, Y. (2015) · Emotion Review · doi:10.1177/1754073914565517 · Cited by 288 · see citing works
Self-citationMendes, W. B. (2015) · Emotion Review · doi:10.1177/1754073914565521 · Cited by 6 · see citing works
Norman, G. J. (2015) · Emotion Review · doi:10.1177/1754073914565522 · Cited by 3 · see citing works
Comment: What Does Left–Right Autonomic Asymmetry Signify?
Critchley, H., & Nagai, Y. (2015) · Emotion Review · doi:10.1177/1754073914565520 · Cited by 3 · see citing works
Comment: Where is the Theory? A Critical Comment on Multiple Arousal Theory
Richter, M. M. (2015) · Emotion Review · doi:10.1177/1754073915572146 · Cited by 2 · see citing works
Comment: The Methodological and Conceptual Utility of Differentiating Emotional Arousal
Sabatinelli, D. (2015) · Emotion Review · doi:10.1177/1754073914565519 · Cited by 2 · see citing works
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Monitoring Changes in Depression Severity Using Wearable and Mobile Sensors
Pedrelli, P., Fedor, S., Ghandeharioun, A., Howe, E., Ionescu, D. F., Bhathena, D., Fisher, L. B., Cusin, C., Nyer, M., Yeung, A., et al. (2020) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2020.584711 · Cited by 158 · see citing works
Self-citationArza, A., Garzón-Rey, J. M., Lázaro, J., Gil, E., Lopez-Anton, R., de la Camara, C., Laguna, P., Bailon, R., & Aguiló, J. (2019) · Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing · doi:10.1007/s11517-018-1879-z · Cited by 148 · see citing works
- Authors
- Picard, R. W., Fedor, S., & Ayzenberg, Y.
- Affiliations
- MIT Media Lab (US)
- Corresponding author
- Picard, Rosalind W.
- Venue
- Emotion Review
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2015-03-02
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 84-86
- ISSN
- 1754-0739 (ISSN-L)
- 1754-0747
- OpenAlex
- W2052324738
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 1.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Emotion Review (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- electrodermal activity, skin conductance, arousal, theory testing, prediction
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