Product Number: HMS-300

In this procedure, scripts are read to subjects and they are asked to imagine themselves in the situations described.  Baseline data are collected in the periods between scripts, and response data are acquired during the reading of the scripts, during the imagery periods immediately following the scripts, and during a recovery period.  Self-reports of various emotional responses to the scripts follow the recovery period.  Data include EMG, ECG, SCR and self-report scores; both scored and raw psychophysiological data may be saved.  Scripts are recorded as .wav files and are presented in a sequence which is user-determined.  All aspects of the exposure to the selected scripts are automated as is the subjects’ access to a monitor and mouse for self-reports.

Product Number: HMS-500

This program is provided to allow the user to make changes in system parameters for each installed module of the Human Measurement System and to test the hardware and subject connections before beginning any of the procedures.  Sound level calibration for the Startle module is accomplished here as is the testing of the integrators used for EMG channels in all software modules.  System parameters such as the sensitivity and offset settings are determined and recorded, and values for the software filters for the ECG are entered in the Utilities module.  Other features allow for testing all channels of the A/D converter and testing the subject devices (video splitter, mouse splitter, finger shocker).