Unconscious emotions: quantifying and logging something we are not aware of

• DOI: 10.1007/s00779-012-0514-5
• Publication Date: 2012-04-04T06:43:33Z
• Authors: Leonid Ivonin; Huang-Ming Chang; Wei Chen; Matthias Rauterberg
• Keywords: Lifelog; Presentation (obstetrics); Subconscious

Lifelogging tools aim to precisely capture daily experiences of people from the first-person perspective. Although there have been numerous lifelogging developed for users record external environment around them, internal part experience characterized by emotions seems be neglected in field. However, are important and, therefore, should able not only environmental data, but also emotional experiences, thereby providing a more complete archive past events. Moreover, implicit that cannot consciously experienced, still influence human behaviors and memories. It has proven conscious can recognized physiological signals body. This fact may used enhance life-logs with information about unconscious emotions, which otherwise would remain hidden. On other hand, it is clear if differentiated emotions. Therefore, an experiment was designed elicit (both unconscious) visual auditory stimuli cardiovascular responses 34 participants. The experimental results showed heart rate presentation unique every category allow differentiation between various