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dc.contributor.authorPoh, Ming-Zher
dc.contributor.authorSwenson, Nicholas C.
dc.contributor.authorPicard, Rosalind W.
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-06T16:44:23Z
dc.date.available2011-04-06T16:44:23Z
dc.date.issued2010-02
dc.date.submitted2009-10
dc.identifier.issn0018-9294
dc.identifier.otherINSPEC Accession Number: 11243309
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62149
dc.description.abstractElectrodermal activity (EDA) is a sensitive index of sympathetic nervous system activity. Due to the lack of sensors that can be worn comfortably during normal daily activity and over extensive periods of time, research in this area is limited to laboratory settings or artificial clinical environments. We developed a novel, unobtrusive, nonstigmatizing, wrist-worn integrated sensor, and present, for the very first time, a demonstration of long-term, continuous assessment of EDA outside of a laboratory setting. We evaluated the performance of our device against a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved system for the measurement of EDA during physical, cognitive, as well as emotional stressors at both palmar and distal forearm sites, and found high correlations across all the tests. We also evaluated the choice of electrode material by comparing conductive fabric with Ag/AgCl electrodes and discuss the limitations found. An important result presented in this paper is evidence that the distal forearm is a viable alternative to the traditional palmar sites for EDA measurements. Our device offers the unprecedented ability to perform comfortable, long-term, and in situ assessment of EDA. This paper opens up opportunities for future investigations that were previously not feasible, and could have far-reaching implications for diagnosis and understanding of psychological or neurological conditions.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNancy Lurie Marks Family Foundationen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineersen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tbme.2009.2038487en_US
dc.rightsArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.en_US
dc.sourceIEEEen_US
dc.titleA Wearable Sensor for Unobtrusive, Long-Term Assessment of Electrodermal Activityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationSwenson, N.C., and R.W. Picard, with Ming-Zher Poh. “A Wearable Sensor for Unobtrusive, Long-Term Assessment of Electrodermal Activity.” Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions On 57.5 (2010) : 1243-1252. Copyright © 2010, IEEEen_US
dc.contributor.departmentWhitaker College of Health Sciences and Technologyen_US
dc.contributor.departmentHarvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technologyen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratoryen_US
dc.contributor.departmentProgram in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)en_US
dc.contributor.approverPicard, Rosalind W.
dc.contributor.mitauthorPoh, Ming-Zher
dc.contributor.mitauthorSwenson, Nicholas C.
dc.contributor.mitauthorPicard, Rosalind W.
dc.relation.journalIEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineeringen_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dspace.orderedauthorsMing-Zher Poh; Swenson, Nicholas C; Picard, Rosalind Wen
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3510-1923
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-0022
mit.licensePUBLISHER_POLICYen_US
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