Characterization of affective states by pupillary dynamics and autonomic correlates

Barbieri, Riccardo; Onorati, Francesco; Mainardi, Luca; Mauri, Maurizio; Russo, Vincenzo

doi:10.3389/fneng.2013.00009

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Withtherecentadventofnewrecordingdevicesandaneasieraccesstosignalprocessingtools,researchersareincreasinglyexploringandstudyingthePupilDilation(PD)signal.Recently,numerousstudiespointedouttherelationsbetweenPDdynamicsandpsychophysiologicalstates.AlthoughitiswellknownthatPDiscontrolledbytheAutonomicNervousSystem(ANS),andANSresponsesarerelatedtoemotionalevents/stimuli,therelationshipbetweenemotionalstatesandPDisstillanopenissue.TheaimofthisstudyistodefinethestatisticalpropertiesofthePDsignal,tounderstanditsrelationwithANScorrelatessuchasHeartRateVariability(HRV)andrespiration(RESP),andtoexploreifPDcouldprovideinformationfortheevaluationofthepsychophysiologicalresponseofANStoaffectivetriggeringevents.ECG,RESP,andPDdatafrom13normalsubjectswererecordedduringamemoryrecallparadigm,andprocessedwithspectralandcross-spectralanalysis.OurresultsdemonstratethatvariabilityindicesextractedfromfastPDoscillations,notobservablethroughstandardcardiorespiratoryidentificationinthefrequencydomain,wouldbeabletodiscernpsychophysiologicalresponseselicitedbybasicemotionalstimuli.Astronglinearcouplingwasfoundbetweenthevariables,duetotheinfluenceofRESPonbothPDandHRVwithintheHighFrequency(HF)band,from0.15to0.45Hz.Mostimportantly,ourresultspointatPDfeaturesaspossiblecandidatesforcharacterizingbasicemotionalstimuli.

Autori:	Barbieri, Riccardo ONORATI , FRANCESCO Mainardi Luca MAURI , MAURIZIO RUSSO, VINCENZO mostra contributor esterni nascondi contributor esterni
Titolo:	Characterization of affective states by pupillary dynamics and autonomic correlates
Tipo:	journal article - articolo
Lingua:	eng
Data di pubblicazione:	6-nov-2013
URL:	http://www.frontiersin.org/Neuroengineering/10.3389/fneng.2013.00009/abstract
Volume:	6
Pagina iniziale:	1
Pagina finale:	11
Numero di pagine:	11
Nazione editore:	GB
Nome editore:	Sea Frontiers Incorporated
Keywords:	pupildilation(PD),heartratevariability(HRV),autonomicnervoussystem(ANS),emotions, reconstruction,spectralanalysis,veryhighfrequencies,coherenceanalysis
Abstract:	Withtherecentadventofnewrecordingdevicesandaneasieraccesstosignalprocessingtools,researchersarein...creasinglyexploringandstudyingthePupilDilation(PD)signal.Recently,numerousstudiespointedouttherelationsbetweenPDdynamicsandpsychophysiologicalstates.AlthoughitiswellknownthatPDiscontrolledbytheAutonomicNervousSystem(ANS),andANSresponsesarerelatedtoemotionalevents/stimuli,therelationshipbetweenemotionalstatesandPDisstillanopenissue.TheaimofthisstudyistodefinethestatisticalpropertiesofthePDsignal,tounderstanditsrelationwithANScorrelatessuchasHeartRateVariability(HRV)andrespiration(RESP),andtoexploreifPDcouldprovideinformationfortheevaluationofthepsychophysiologicalresponseofANStoaffectivetriggeringevents.ECG,RESP,andPDdatafrom13normalsubjectswererecordedduringamemoryrecallparadigm,andprocessedwithspectralandcross-spectralanalysis.OurresultsdemonstratethatvariabilityindicesextractedfromfastPDoscillations,notobservablethroughstandardcardiorespiratoryidentificationinthefrequencydomain,wouldbeabletodiscernpsychophysiologicalresponseselicitedbybasicemotionalstimuli.Astronglinearcouplingwasfoundbetweenthevariables,duetotheinfluenceofRESPonbothPDandHRVwithintheHighFrequency(HF)band,from0.15to0.45Hz.Mostimportantly,ourresultspointatPDfeaturesaspossiblecandidatesforcharacterizingbasicemotionalstimuli.
Citazione:	Characterization of affective states by pupillary dynamics and autonomic correlates, 2013-11-06.
Appare nelle tipologie:	1.01 Articolo in rivista

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