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Does the EDA (Electrodermal Activity) on the Fitbit devices use lights or lasers?

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‎04-04-2022 09:31

‎04-04-2022 09:31

Does the EDA (Electrodermal Activity) on the Fitbit devices use lights or lasers? How does it perform the scan?

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‎04-04-2022 09:33

‎04-04-2022 09:33

Hi @ahawkua  see the last portion of this article - click to read.

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‎04-04-2022 09:42

‎04-04-2022 09:42

@ahawkua   The EDA scan doesn't use light or lasers.  Fitbit doesn't use lasers on any device.  The link offered by @Odyssey13 is helpful.  The EDA scan uses the same principle as the stress response in a polygraph (lie detector) test.

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