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Considerations for emotion-aware consumer products.

Egon L van den Broek1, Joyce H D M Westerink

  • 1Center for Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. vandenbroek@acm.org

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This study shows that statistical analysis of physiological signals like galvanic skin response (GSR) and electromyography (EMG) can reliably assess emotions for consumer products.

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Published on: August 28, 2017

Area of Science:

  • Psychophysiology
  • Affective Computing
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Emotion-aware consumer products necessitate unobtrusive, robust, and calibration-free emotion assessment.
  • Short-term emotion recognition is crucial for real-time product interaction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the feasibility of using physiological signals for reliable, short-term emotion assessment.
  • To identify generic features for emotion recognition in consumer products.

Main Methods:

  • Recorded galvanic skin response (GSR) and electromyography (EMG) signals (frontalis, corrugator supercilii, zygomaticus major) from 24 participants.
  • Participants watched emotion-inducing film fragments while physiological data was collected.
  • Derived six statistical parameters (mean, absolute deviation, standard deviation, variance, skewness, kurtosis) from 10-second signal intervals.

Main Results:

  • Skewness and kurtosis parameters effectively discriminated among affective states for each physiological signal.
  • Other statistical parameters also contributed to emotion discrimination depending on the signal type.
  • Skewness parameter demonstrated potential for identifying mixed emotions.
  • Signal analysis confirmed the importance of short-term emotion assessment.

Conclusions:

  • Physiological signal analysis, particularly using skewness and kurtosis, is feasible for short-term emotion assessment.
  • Identified generic features and considerations for developing emotion-aware consumer products.
  • This research supports the development of more responsive and personalized consumer technologies.