| ANS | autonomous nervous system |
| AI | asymmetry Index |
| ASM | asymmetry measure |
| CNN | convolutional neural network |
| CSP | common spatial patterns |
| DE | differential entropy |
| DEAP | database for emotion analysis using physiological signals |
| EEG | electroencephalogram |
| EOG | electrooculogram |
| GSR | galvanic skin response |
| HA | high-arousal |
| HMI | human–machine interaction |
| HOC | higher-order crossings |
| HV | high-valence |
| kNN | k-nearest neighbor |
| LA | low-arousal |
| LV | low-valence |
| MLP | multilayer perceptron |
| NBC | no baseline correction |
| PSD | power spectral density |
| RNN | recurrent neural network |
| SEED | SJTU emotion EEG dataset |
| SFV | spatial feature vector |
| SVM | support vector machine |
| TFV | temporal feature vector |
| WT | wavelet transform |