Computational Physiology Lab Department of Computer Science University of Houston Houston, TX 77004 Eustressed or Distressed? Combining Physiology with Observation in User Studies Avinash Wesley Dr. Peggy Lindner (Co-Advisor) Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis (Advisor)
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Eustressed or Distressed? Combining Physiology with Observation in User Studies
Eustressed or Distressed? Combining Physiology with Observation in User Studies. Avinash Wesley Dr. Peggy Lindner (Co-Advisor) Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis (Advisor). Stress Signs. Introduction Methods Results and Discussion Acknowledgements. Stress Mechanism Motivation Background. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Computational Physiology LabDepartment of Computer Science
University of HoustonHouston, TX 77004
Eustressed or Distressed?Combining Physiology withObservation in User Studies
Avinash WesleyDr. Peggy Lindner (Co-Advisor)Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis (Advisor)
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Stress Signs
• Peripheral Physiological Measurement of Stress– Adrenergic response
• Activates sweat glands on fingers and the perinasal area
• Introduction• Methods• Results and Discussion• Acknowledgements
- Stress Mechanism- Motivation- Background
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Physiology and Observation
• Perspiratory response are – sympathetic in nature – Non-specific to positive or negative arousal
• Introduction• Methods• Results and Discussion• Acknowledgements
Distress Eustress
- Stress Mechanism- Motivation- Background
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Emotions vs. Performance
• Introduction• Methods• Results and Discussion• Acknowledgements
- Stress Mechanism- Motivation- Background
Arousal
Performance
LOW MEDIUM HIGH
HIGH
Sleep Disorganization
AnxietyAlertness
Optimal
• An important goal in user studies: Study the role of emotions on human performance
• Emotions can be quantified via physiological response
• Physiological responses can be disambiguated via observation
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Perspiration Signal and Observation
• Physiology– Perspiration extraction method in the Thermal Imagery [1]
• Observational Annotation– Traditional done in the Visual Imagery
• Manual
• Introduction• Methods• Results and Discussion• Acknowledgements
[1] D. Shastri, A. Merla, P. Tsiamyrtzis, and I. Pavlidis. Imaging facial signs of neurophysiological responses. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 56(2):477–484, 2009.
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- Stress Mechanism- Motivation- Background
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Region Tracking
• Seven anatomical regions tracked over time by a dynamic template update tracker [2]
• Introduction• Methods• Results and Discussion• Acknowledgements
[2] Y. Zhou, P. Tsiamyrtzis, and I. Pavlidis. Tissue tracking in thermo-physiological imagery through spatio-temporal smoothing. Proc. of the 12th Int. Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2009),5762:1092–1099, 2009.
- Facial Expression Recognition- Field Study
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Pattern Classification
• Feature Vector
• Classifier– Classify five action units (AU1+2, 4, 9, 10, and 12)– Multilayer Perceptron– 10-fold Cross Validation
• Introduction• Methods• Results and Discussion• Acknowledgements
AU 1+2 Inner + Outer Eyebrow Raise
d(x,5): Euclidean distance between ROI-x and 5, (x 5)