Experimental Stimuli Photos and Skin Resistance Responses for 119 Participants

Iveta Štolhoferová's dataset contains psychophysiological recordings from 119 participants exposed to photos simulating ancestral and modern threats. The data includes skin resistance (SR) measurements and subjective fear ratings for stimuli depicting venomous snakes, heights, airborne diseases, and firearms. The dataset was last updated on March 18, 2026.

Use Cases

• Compare physiological arousal to ancestral versus modern threats based on skin resistance change probability.
• Model the relationship between subjective fear ratings and skin resistance response probability.
• Analyze differences in response intensity (amplitude) across threat categories like heights and snakes.

Strengths

• Includes data from 119 human participants.
• Contains both physiological (skin resistance) and subjective (fear rating) measurements.
• Compares four distinct threat categories: snakes, heights, airborne diseases, and firearms.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 18.3 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Iveta Štolhoferová via figshare

Collection Method

Collected recordings from participants exposed to photo stimuli, supplemented by participant ratings.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 17:23:39; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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