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A wireless portable physiology recorder for psychophysiology research based on a personal digital assistant

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Psychophysiology research is increasingly relying on portable instruments that can assess physiological responses during real-life situations at locations outside of research labs, such as at school, home, work, and outdoors. In this article, I report on the feasibility of a personal digital assistant-based portable physiology recording system with online signal graphing and wireless digital telemetry for psychophysiology research. I demonstrate that such a system can measure electrocardiogram and electrodermal activity and send this data over a wireless communication link to a PC. It enables users to inspect the integrity of the acquired signals on the portable device and on a PC base station, and it allows users to place time markers for online data analysis.

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  1. Faculty of Social Sciences, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333AK, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Thijs Schrama

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Schrama, T. A wireless portable physiology recorder for psychophysiology research based on a personal digital assistant. Behavior Research Methods 41, 827–832 (2009). https://doi.org/10.3758/BRM.41.3.827

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