Electrodermal Activity Sensor for Classification of Calm/Distress Condition

This article introduces a new and unobtrusive wearable monitoring device based on electrodermal activity (EDA) to be used in health-related computing systems. This paper introduces the description of the wearable device capable of acquiring the EDA of a subject in order to detect his/her calm/distre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Zangroniz Cantabrana, Roberto, Martínez-Rodrigo, Arturo, Pastor García, José Manuel, López Bonal, María Teresa, Fernández Caballero, Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/15731
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10578/15731
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Wearable
Electrodermal activity
Arousal
Valence
Distress
Calmness
Descripción
Sumario:This article introduces a new and unobtrusive wearable monitoring device based on electrodermal activity (EDA) to be used in health-related computing systems. This paper introduces the description of the wearable device capable of acquiring the EDA of a subject in order to detect his/her calm/distress condition from the acquired physiological signals. The lightweight wearable device is placed in the wrist of the subject to allow continuous physiological measurements. With the aim of validating the correct operation of the wearable EDA device, pictures from the International Affective Picture System are used in a control experiment involving fifty participants. The collected signals are processed, features are extracted and a statistical analysis is performed on the calm/distress condition classification. The results show that the wearable device solely based on EDA signal processing reports around 89% accuracy when distinguishing calm condition from distress condition.