An essential tension can be found between researchers interested in ecological validity and
those concerned with maintaining experimental control. Research in the human …

Digital monitoring of physiological signals can allow computer systems to adapt
unobtrusively to users, so as to enhance personalised 'smart'interactions. In recent years …

Self-assessment methods are broadly employed in emotion research for the collection of
subjective affective ratings. The Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM), a pictorial scale developed …

Estimating cognitive or affective state from neurophysiological signals and designing
applications that make use of this information requires expertise in many disciplines such as …

Knowledge of the mental workload induced by a Web page is essential for improving users'
browsing experience. However, continuously assessing the mental workload during a …

Electrodermal activity (EDA) can be considered one of the most common perceptual
channel, of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) dynamics and manifests itself as changes …

Brain science research often involves the use of low-dimensional tools and stimuli that lack
several of the potentially valuable features of everyday activities and interactions. Although …

Psychological stress arises from a stressor placed on an individual that leads to both
emotional and physiological responses. The latter is referred to as psychophysiological …

Conditioned response (CRs) triggered by stimuli predicting aversive consequences have
been confirmed across various species including humans, and were found to be …

Air traffic controllers are required to perform complex tasks which require attention and high
precision. This study investigates how the difficulty of such tasks influences emotional states …