Lawrence Wright

If you get into Scientology, you will go to auditing. It's like therapy except that there is an E-meter between you and your auditor. That's a device that actually measures your galvanic skin responses. It's two metal cans that you hold. They used to be Campbell's Soup cans with the label scraped off.

American Author

Used in scientific contexts to describe electrical processes or currents, often in experiments.

Scientific Context

Appears in technical manuals or writings related to electricity, especially when discussing direct current.

Technical Writing

Don't confuse 'galvanic' with a brand; it describes the type of electric reaction or process.

Not Battery Brand

Emphasizes the emotional or surprising impact something has, similar to an electric shock.

Emotional Impact

It’s often used metaphorically to describe something as thrilling or invigorating.

Metaphorically Electric

Refers to the specific use of electrochemistry in preventing metal corrosion, not general coating.

Corrosion Prevention

Understand it as a specialized technical method, not a common everyday action.

Specialized Technique

Differentiate between 'galvanic' protective layers and other metal coating techniques like electroplating.

Not Electroplating

 would come at the end of your test and I'm afraid to tell you that you actually failed the test there's one particular question which was did you tape the missing games console from the bench in the lab and it shows a significant change in your breathing in your galvanic sweat

Beating a Lie Detector...

 Now, what happens if you show this patient? You take the patient and show him pictures on the screen and measure his galvanic skin response. Tables and chairs and lint, nothing happens, as in normal people,

3 clues to understanding...

 Valentin's temperature galvanic skin response and heart rate he can connect those to the color of the lights the smart light in the room so that he gets feedback while he's meditating about how

Galvanic

Scientific Context

Technical Writing

Not Battery Brand

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