Review Article

A Review of Wrist-Worn Wearable: Sensors, Models, and Challenges

Table 5

Signals used for affective recognition.

MeasurementsAffect studies

Body movement[4, 5]
Prior physical activity (steps and workouts)[63]
Electrodermal activity (EDA) = galvanic skin response (GSR) = skin conductivity (SC)[5, 16, 7375]
Electrocardiogram (ECG)[7678]
Body/skin temperature[5, 16, 79]
Heart rate (HR)[5, 16, 63, 77, 7981]
Heart rate variability (HRV)[5]
Pulse[74]
Respiration (RSP)[5, 75, 82]
Electromyogram (EMG)[75, 78]
Electroencephalogram (EEG)[74, 76, 81]
Electrooculogram (EOG), magnetoencephalography (MEG), and near-infrared facial videos[78]
Photoplethysmogram (PPG)[73]
Self-reports[74, 78, 81, 83, 84]
Location[63, 74, 83] [78]
Time[83] [78]
Call[78]
SMS[78]
Semantic description[78]
Ambient temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, light, posture, social interaction, and type of interaction[5]