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. 2019 Sep 20;19(19):4079. doi: 10.3390/s19194079

Table 4.

Affective states and sensor signals frequently employed in wearable-based AR. Table 9 provides further detail on algorithms, location and performance. Abbreviations: 3-axes acceleration (ACC), blood pressure (BP), (EEG), electromyogram (EMG), electrooculography (EOG), heart rate (HR), magnetoencephalogram (MEG), pupil diameter (PD), photoplethysmogram (PPG), respiration (RESP), skin-temperature (TEMP), arterial oxygen level (SpO2), low arousal/low valence (LALV), low arousal/high valence (LAHV), high arousal/low valence (HALV), high arousal/high valence (HAHV)

Author Affective States Sensor Signals
<2005 Picard et al. [12] Neutral, anger, hate, grief, joy, platonic/romantic love, reverence EDA, EMG, PPG, RESP
Haag et al. [77] Low/medium/high arousal and positive/negative valence ECG, EDA, EMG, TEMP, PPG, RESP
Lisetti and Nasoz [70] Sadness, anger, fear, surprise, frustration, amusement ECG, EDA, TEMP
2005 Liu et al. [78] Anxiety, boredom, engagement, frustration, anger ECG, EDA, EMG
Wagner et al. [79] Joy, anger, pleasure, sadness ECG, EDA, EMG, RESP
Healey and Picard [63] Three stress levels ECG, EDA, EMG, RESP
07 Leon et al. [80] Neutral/positive/negative valence EDA, HR, BP
2008 Zhai and Barreto [81] Relaxed and stressed EDA, PD, PPG, TEMP
Kim et al. [82] Distinguish high/low stress group of individuals PPG
Kim and André [34] Four quadrants in valence-arousal space ECG, EDA, EMG, RESP
Katsis et al. [83] High/low stress, disappointment, euphoria ECG, EDA, EMG, RESP
2009 Calvo et al. [84] Neutral, anger, hate, grief, joy, platonic/romantic love, reverence ECG, EMG
Chanel et al. [85] Positively/negatively excited, calm-neutral (in valence-arousal space) BP, EEG, EDA, PPG, RESP
Khalili and Moradi [86] Positively/negatively excited, calm (valence-arousal space) BP, EEG, EDA, RESP, TEMP
2010 Healey et al. [87] Points in valence arousal space. moods ACC, EDA, HR, audio
2011 Plarre et al. [46] Baseline, different types of stress (social, cognitive and physical), perceived stress ACC, ECG, EDA, RESP, TEMP, ambient temperature
Hernandez et al. [88] Detect stressful calls EDA
2012 Valenza et al. [89] Five classes of arousal and five valence levels ECG, EDA, RESP
Hamdi et al. [90] Joy, sadness, disgust, anger, fear, surprise ECG, EEG, EMG
Agrafioti et al. [91] Neutral, gore, fear, disgust, excitement, erotica, game elicited mental arousal ECG
Koelstra et al. [35] Four quadrants in valence-arousal space ECG, EDA, EEG, EMG, EOG, RESP, TEMP, facial video
Soleymani et al. [31] Neutral, anxiety, amusement, sadness, joy, disgust, anger, surprise, fear ECG, EDA, EEG, RESP, TEMP
2013 Sano and Picard [92] Stress vs. neutral ACC, EDA, phone usage
Martinez et al. [93] Relaxation, anxiety, excitement, fun EDA, PPG
2014 Valenza et al. [36] Four quadrants in valence-arousal space ECG
Adams et al. [94] Stress vs. neutral (aroused vs. non-aroused) EDA, audio
2015 Hovsepian et al. [95] Stress vs. neutral ECG, RESP
Abadi et al. [37] High/Low valence, arousal and dominance ECG, EOG, EMG, near-infrared face video, MEG
2016 Rubin et al. [96] Panic attack ACC, ECG, RESP
Jaques et al. [97] Stress, happiness, health values EDA, TEMP, ACC, phone usage
Rathod et al. [98] Normal, happy, sad, fear, anger EDA, PPG
Zenonos et al. [29] Excited, happy, calm, tired, bored, sad, stressed, angry ACC, ECG, PPG, TEMP
Zhu et al. [99] Angle in valence arousal space ACC, phone context
Birjandtalab et al. [76] Relaxation, different types of stress (physical, emotional, cognitive) ACC, EDA, TEMP, HR, SpO2
2017 Gjoreski et al. [13] Lab: no/low/high stress;
Field: stress vs. neutral
ACC, EDA, PPG, TEMP
Mozos et al. [45] Stress vs. neutral ACC, EDA, PPG, audio
Taylor et al. [100] Tomorrow’s mood, stress, health ACC, EDA, context
Girardi et al. [101] High vs. low valence and arousal EEG, EDA, EMG
2018 Schmidt et al. [64] Neutral, amusement, stress Torso: ACC, ECG, EDA, EMG, RESP, TEMP;
Wrist: ACC, EDA, PPG, TEMP
Zhao et al. [102] LALV, LAHV, HALV, HAHV EDA, PPG, TEMP
Marín-Morales et al. [103] LALV, LAHV, HALV, HAHV ECG, EEG
Santamaria- Granados et al. [104] LALV, LAHV, HALV, HAHV ECG, EDA
2019 Heinisch et al. [67] High positive pleasure high arousal, high negative pleasure high arousal and neutral EMG, PPG, TEMP
Hassan et al. [105] Happy, relaxed, disgust, sad and neutral EDA, PPG, EMG (from DEAP)
Kanjo et al. [75] Five valence classes ACC, EDA, HR, TEMP, environmental, GPS
Di Lascio et al. [66] Detect laughter episodes ACC, EDA, PPG