Classification of basic human emotions from electroencephalography data

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Abstract

This paper explores the combination of known signal processing techniques to analyze electroencephalography (EEG) data for the classification of a set of basic human emotions. An Emotiv EPOC headset with 16 electrodes was used to measure EEG data from a population of 24 subjects who were presented an audiovisual stimuli designed to evoke 4 emotions (rage, fear, fun and neutral). Raw data was preprocessed to eliminate noise, interference and physiologic artifacts. Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) was used to extract its main characteristics and define relevant features. Classification was performed using different algorithms and results compared. The best results were obtained when using meta-learning techniques with classification errors at 5 %. Final conclusions and future work are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
EditorsAlvaro Pardo, Josef Kittler
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages108-115
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783319257501
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Event20th Iberoamerican Congress on on Pattern Recognition, CIARP 2015 - Montevideo, Uruguay
Duration: 9 Nov 201512 Nov 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9423
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference20th Iberoamerican Congress on on Pattern Recognition, CIARP 2015
Country/TerritoryUruguay
CityMontevideo
Period9/11/1512/11/15

Keywords

  • Discrete wavelet transform
  • Electroencephalography
  • Human emotion classification

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