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What Does the Skin Tell Us About Information Systems Usage? A Literature-Based Analysis of the Utilization of Electrodermal Measurement for IS Research

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Information Systems and Neuroscience

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation ((LNISO,volume 10))

Abstract

The term NeuroIS appears more frequently within the field of information system (IS). NeuroIS describes the idea of applying cognitive neuroscience theories, methods, and tools to obtain physiological responses of the user while using IS. However, before adopting these methods into IS research, a proper assessment is necessary to determine whether the methods used in other disciplines are also applicable to IS research. The present research introduces the method of measuring the electrodermal activity (EDA). Thereby, the physiology and different measurement parameters are described. By identifying the use of EDA within other disciplines, the present research reveals application areas for EDA in six different research streams in IS research and poses further research questions, which might be answer by applying EDA in these areas.

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    Christoph Weinert, Christian Maier & Sven Laumer

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  3. University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

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Weinert, C., Maier, C., Laumer, S. (2015). What Does the Skin Tell Us About Information Systems Usage? A Literature-Based Analysis of the Utilization of Electrodermal Measurement for IS Research. In: Davis, F., Riedl, R., vom Brocke, J., Léger, PM., Randolph, A. (eds) Information Systems and Neuroscience. Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation, vol 10. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18702-0_9

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