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The Autonomic Signature of Emotion

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Emotional arousal is produced largely by the sympathetic division, and its physiological pattern is similar across several emotions.

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Heart rate and skin conductance rise similarly in fear and in anger.

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This similarity is why polygraph testing cannot distinguish deception from anxiety.

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