105 college students merely sat in a soundproof, light-proof chamber for 10 min. while their spontaneous GSR activity was recorded. When the spontaneous GSRs were divided into large and small ones, the results indidicated that the large GSRs habituated over time while the small GSRs did not. The results were interpreted as supporting two different types of GSR activity.
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