EzySCR: A free and easy tool for scoring event-related skin conductance
responses in first, second, and third interval latency windows
- Luke Ney
, - Jorge Pardo,
- Ottmar Lipp
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Abstract
Skin conductance is a commonly used physiological measure during
psychology experiments, such as during fear conditioning. Methods for
scoring skin conductance responses are highly heterogeneous, though most
researchers agree that manually inspected scores provide the highest
quality data when compared to most available fully automated scoring
methods. However, manual scoring is extremely time-consuming. We
developed a semi-automated scoring program that significantly reduces
the time required to process skin conductance response data at a level
of quality akin to manual scoring. In contrast to all previous scoring
programs, our program enables scoring of first, second, and third
interval skin conductance responses. Using interclass correlation
coefficients, Bland-Altman plots and Pareto analysis, we show here that
our method is highly reliable and produces data that are almost
identical to data that are manually scored. This software is very easy
to use and is freely available to download and modify. We expect that
this software will be helpful in reducing the time required to produce
high quality first, second, and third interval skin conductance data for
psychology researchers around the world.16 Feb 2024Submitted to Psychophysiology 16 Feb 2024Submission Checks Completed
16 Feb 2024Assigned to Editor
17 Feb 2024Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
22 Apr 2024Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
03 Jul 20241st Revision Received
03 Jul 2024Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
06 Jul 2024Reviewer(s) Assigned