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Science 21 May 1965:
Vol. 148. no. 3673, pp. 1108 - 1111
DOI: 10.1126/science.148.3673.1108
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Galvanic Skin Reflex in Newborn Humans

David H. Crowell 1, Christopher M. Davis 1, Barbara J. Chun 1, and Frank J. Spellacy 1

1 Newborn Psychological Research Laboratory, Pacific Biomedical Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu

Psychophysiological recordings of reactivity to light and sound and to tactile and olfactory stimulation demonstrate that the galvanic skin reflex is an observable and functional mechanism in the 20- to 67-hour-old newborn human.


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