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Identifies SCR peaks in an EDA signal using either a gradient-based zero-crossing method or an amplitude threshold method. Returns onset, peak, amplitude, rise time, and recovery time for each detected SCR.

Usage

edaPeaks(
  x,
  method = c("gradient", "threshold"),
  amplitude_min = 0.01,
  rise_time_min = 0.1,
  rise_time_max = 5,
  assay_name = NULL
)

Arguments

x

A PhysioExperiment object containing EDA data.

method

Detection method: "gradient" (first-derivative zero-crossing) or "threshold" (amplitude threshold). Default is "gradient".

amplitude_min

Minimum SCR amplitude in microsiemens (default: 0.01).

rise_time_min

Minimum rise time in seconds (default: 0.1).

rise_time_max

Maximum rise time in seconds (default: 5.0).

assay_name

Name of the input assay. If NULL, uses "phasic" if available, otherwise defaultAssay(x).

Value

A data.frame with one row per detected SCR and the following columns:

channel

Character channel label.

onset_sample

Integer sample index of SCR onset.

onset_sec

Numeric onset time in seconds.

peak_sample

Integer sample index of SCR peak.

peak_sec

Numeric peak time in seconds.

amplitude

Numeric SCR amplitude in microsiemens (peak minus onset).

rise_time

Numeric rise time from onset to peak in seconds.

recovery_time

Numeric 50% recovery time in seconds, or NA.

Returns an empty data.frame with the same columns if no peaks are found.

References

Bach, D.R., et al. (2010). "Modelling event-related skin conductance responses." International Journal of Psychophysiology, 75(3), 349-356. doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.01.005

Benedek, M., & Kaernbach, C. (2010). "A continuous measure of phasic electrodermal activity." Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 190(1), 80-91. doi:10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.04.028

See also

edaDecompose for tonic/phasic decomposition (run first), edaFeatures for summary feature extraction, plotPeaks for peak visualization, edaErscr for event-related SCR analysis