Application of DIY Electrodermal Activity Wristband in Detecting Stress and Affective Responses of Students

This paper describes the analysis of electrodermal activity (EDA) in the context of students' scholastic activity. Taking a multidisciplinary, citizen science and maker-centric approach, low-cost, bespoken wearables, such as a mini weather station and biometric wristband, were built. To investigate both physical health as well as stress, the instruments were first validated against research grade devices. Following this, a research experiment was created and conducted in the context of students' scholastic activity. Data from this experiment were used to train machine learning models, which were then applied to interpret the relationships between the environment, health, and stress. It is hoped that analyses of EDA data will further strengthen the emerging model describing the intersections between local microclimate and physiological and neurological stress. The results suggest that temperature and air quality play an important role in students' physiological well-being, thus demonstrating the feasibility of understanding the extent of the effects of various microclimatic factors. This highlights the importance of thermal comfort and air ventilation in real-life applications to improve students' well-being. We envision our work making a significant impact by showcasing the effectiveness and feasibility of inexpensive, self-designed wearable devices for tracking microclimate and electrodermal activity (EDA). The affordability of these wearables holds promising implications for scalability and encourages crowd-sourced citizen science in the relatively unexplored domain of microclimate's influence on well-being. Embracing citizen science can then democratize learning and expedite rapid research advancements.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) - 11(2024), 3 vom: 20. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lim, Kenneth Y T [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen Thien, Minh Tuan [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen Duc, Minh Anh [VerfasserIn]
Posada-Quintero, Hugo F [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Electrodermal activity
Journal Article
Machine learning
Maker culture
Microclimate
Neurological stress
Physiology
Thermal comfort
Wearables

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Date Revised 29.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/bioengineering11030291

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370241142