Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
3 results found in physiological computing.
- Biosensor (Physiological Sensor, Biometric Sensor)
- A device that detects and measures biological or physiological signals from the body, such as heart rate, skin conductance, temperature, or movement. Wearable biosensors are increasingly used in acces…
- Electrodermal Activity (EDA, Galvanic Skin Response, GSR)
- The variation of electrical conductance in the skin caused by sweat gland activity, which is controlled by the sympathetic nervous system. EDA is used as a physiological measure of emotional arousal a…
- Skin Conductance (SC, Skin Conductance Response, SCR, Skin Conductance Level, SCL)
- A measure of the electrical conductance of the skin, which increases with sweat gland activity. Skin conductance is commonly used as an index of emotional arousal or sympathetic nervous system activat…