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Emotions in context: examining pervasive affective sensing systems, applications, and analyses
Pervasive sensing has opened up new opportunities for measuring our feelings and understanding our behavior by monitoring our affective states while mobile. This review paper surveys pervasive affect sensing by examining and considering three major elements of affective pervasive systems, namely; âsensingâ, âanalysisâ, and âapplicationâ. Sensing investigates the different sensing modalities that are used in existing real-time affective applications, Analysis explores different approaches to emotion recognition and visualization based on different types of collected data, and Application investigates different leading areas of affective applications. For each of the three aspects, the paper includes an extensive survey of the literature and finally outlines some of challenges and future research opportunities of affective sensing in the context of pervasive computing
Semi-Supervised Generative Adversarial Network for Stress Detection Using Partially Labeled Physiological Data
Physiological measurements involves observing variables that attribute to the
normative functioning of human systems and subsystems directly or indirectly.
The measurements can be used to detect affective states of a person with aims
such as improving human-computer interactions. There are several methods of
collecting physiological data, but wearable sensors are a common, non-invasive
tool for accurate readings. However, valuable information is hard to extract
from the raw physiological data, especially for affective state detection.
Machine Learning techniques are used to detect the affective state of a person
through labeled physiological data. A clear problem with using labeled data is
creating accurate labels. An expert is needed to analyze a form of recording of
participants and mark sections with different states such as stress and calm.
While expensive, this method delivers a complete dataset with labeled data that
can be used in any number of supervised algorithms. An interesting question
arises from the expensive labeling: how can we reduce the cost while
maintaining high accuracy? Semi-Supervised learning (SSL) is a potential
solution to this problem. These algorithms allow for machine learning models to
be trained with only a small subset of labeled data (unlike unsupervised which
use no labels). They provide a way of avoiding expensive labeling. This paper
compares a fully supervised algorithm to a SSL on the public WESAD (Wearable
Stress and Affect Detection) Dataset for stress detection. This paper shows
that Semi-Supervised algorithms are a viable method for inexpensive affective
state detection systems with accurate results.Comment: 12 page
On the Development of Machine Learning Based Real-Time Stress Monitoring : A Pilot Study
During specific environmental changes, the human body regulates itself through emotional, physical or mental responses. One such response is stress. The psychological and physical stability of an individual may be affected by recurrent occurrences of acute stress. This often leads to anxiety disorder, other psychological illnesses, hypertension, and other physiological disorders. The work performance of the individual is also negatively affected due to long-term stress. Across various age groups, the global population is primarily influenced by anxiety, depression and psychological stress. The long-term adverse effects of stress can be mitigated by effectively monitoring and managing stress through a cost-efficient and reliable stress detection system. This paper mainly focuses on stress detection using a machine-learning approach. Wearable sensor data from electroencephalogram (EEG) and electrocardiogram (ECG) are considered during exposure to stress and the level of stress undergone by the participant is further analyzed. This approach helps in stress detection, analysis and mitigation, which in turn improves the quality life of people. Machining Learning technique k-means clustering algorithm is used after removal of artifacts to obtain case-specific clusters that segregate features pointing to non-stress and stress periods. The results of the proposed K-means clustering algorithm are compared to state-of-the-art techniques such as Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Decision Tree (DT), Random Forest (RF) and Support Vector Machine (SVM). From the results, it was concluded that the proposed algorithm outperformed the other with an accuracy of 96% in the overall analysis
Machine Learning for Stress Monitoring from Wearable Devices: A Systematic Literature Review
Introduction. The stress response has both subjective, psychological and
objectively measurable, biological components. Both of them can be expressed
differently from person to person, complicating the development of a generic
stress measurement model. This is further compounded by the lack of large,
labeled datasets that can be utilized to build machine learning models for
accurately detecting periods and levels of stress. The aim of this review is to
provide an overview of the current state of stress detection and monitoring
using wearable devices, and where applicable, machine learning techniques
utilized.
Methods. This study reviewed published works contributing and/or using
datasets designed for detecting stress and their associated machine learning
methods, with a systematic review and meta-analysis of those that utilized
wearable sensor data as stress biomarkers. The electronic databases of Google
Scholar, Crossref, DOAJ and PubMed were searched for relevant articles and a
total of 24 articles were identified and included in the final analysis. The
reviewed works were synthesized into three categories of publicly available
stress datasets, machine learning, and future research directions.
Results. A wide variety of study-specific test and measurement protocols were
noted in the literature. A number of public datasets were identified that are
labeled for stress detection. In addition, we discuss that previous works show
shortcomings in areas such as their labeling protocols, lack of statistical
power, validity of stress biomarkers, and generalization ability.
Conclusion. Generalization of existing machine learning models still require
further study, and research in this area will continue to provide improvements
as newer and more substantial datasets become available for study.Comment: 50 pages, 8 figure
Wearable Biosensors to Understand Construction Workers' Mental and Physical Stress
Occupational stress is defined as harmful physical and mental responses when job requirements are greater than a worker's capacity. Construction is one of the most stressful occupations because it involves physiologically and psychologically demanding tasks performed in a hazardous environment this stress can jeopardize construction safety, health, and productivity. Various instruments, such as surveys and interviews, have been used for measuring workersâ perceived mental and physical stress. However valuable, such instruments are limited by their invasiveness, which prevents them from being used for continuous stress monitoring. The recent advancement of wearable biosensors has opened a new door toward the non-invasive collection of a field workerâs physiological signals that can be used to assess their mental and physical status. Despite these advancements, challenges remain: acquiring physiological signals from wearable biosensors can be easily contaminated from diverse sources of signal noise. Further, the potential of these devices to assess field workersâ mental and physical status has not been examined in the naturalistic work environment. To address these issues, this research aims to propose and validate a comprehensive and efficient stress-measurement framework that recognizes workers mental and physical stress in a naturalistic environment. The focus of this research is on two wearable biosensors. First, a wearable EEG headset, which is a direct measurement of brain waves with the minimal time lag, but it is highly vulnerable to various artifacts. Second, a very convenient wristband-type biosensor, which may be used as a means for assessing both mental and physical stress, but there is a time lag between when subjects are exposed to stressors and when their physiological signals change. To achieve this goal, five interrelated and interdisciplinary studies were performed to; 1) acquire high-quality EEG signals from the job site; 2) assess construction workersâ emotion by measuring the valence and arousal level by analyzing the patterns of construction workersâ brainwaves; 3) recognize mental stress in the field based on brain activities by applying supervised-learning algorithms;4) recognize real-time mental stress by applying Online Multi-Task Learning (OMTL) algorithms; and 5) assess workersâ mental and physical stress using signals collected from a wristband biosensor. To examine the performance of the proposed framework, we collected physiological signals from 21 workers at five job sites. Results yielded a high of 80.13% mental stress-recognition accuracy using an EEG headset and 90.00% physical stress-recognition accuracy using a wristband sensor. These results are promising given that stress recognition with wired physiological devices within a controlled lab setting in the clinical domain has, at best, a similar level of accuracy. The proposed wearable biosensor-based, stress-recognition framework is expected to help us better understand workplace stressors and improve worker safety, health, and productivity through early detection and mitigation of stress at human-centered, smart and connected construction sites.PHDCivil EngineeringUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studieshttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/149965/1/hjebelli_1.pd
Rethinking Eye-blink: Assessing Task Difficulty through Physiological Representation of Spontaneous Blinking
Continuous assessment of task difficulty and mental workload is essential in
improving the usability and accessibility of interactive systems. Eye tracking
data has often been investigated to achieve this ability, with reports on the
limited role of standard blink metrics. Here, we propose a new approach to the
analysis of eye-blink responses for automated estimation of task difficulty.
The core module is a time-frequency representation of eye-blink, which aims to
capture the richness of information reflected on blinking. In our first study,
we show that this method significantly improves the sensitivity to task
difficulty. We then demonstrate how to form a framework where the represented
patterns are analyzed with multi-dimensional Long Short-Term Memory recurrent
neural networks for their non-linear mapping onto difficulty-related
parameters. This framework outperformed other methods that used hand-engineered
features. This approach works with any built-in camera, without requiring
specialized devices. We conclude by discussing how Rethinking Eye-blink can
benefit real-world applications.Comment: [Accepted version] In Proceedings of CHI Conference on Human Factors
in Computing Systems (CHI '21), May 8-13, 2021, Yokohama, Japan. ACM, New
York, NY, USA. 19 Pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.344557
Rethinking Eye-blink: Assessing Task Difficulty through Physiological Representation of Spontaneous Blinking
Continuous assessment of task difficulty and mental workload is essential in improving the usability and accessibility of interactive systems. Eye tracking data has often been investigated to achieve this ability, with reports on the limited role of standard blink metrics. Here, we propose a new approach to the analysis of eye-blink responses for automated estimation of task difficulty. The core module is a time-frequency representation of eye-blink, which aims to capture the richness of information reflected on blinking. In our first study, we show that this method significantly improves the sensitivity to task difficulty. We then demonstrate how to form a framework where the represented patterns are analyzed with multi-dimensional Long Short-Term Memory recurrent neural networks for their non-linear mapping onto difficulty-related parameters. This framework outperformed other methods that used hand-engineered features. This approach works with any built-in camera, without requiring specialized devices. We conclude by discussing how Rethinking Eye-blink can benefit real-world applications
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