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Modified energy based time-frequency features for classifying human emotions using EEG

cris.virtual.department Universiti Malaysia Perlis
cris.virtualsource.department a20ad810-f740-4161-8e8b-b541bc3a386c
dc.contributor.author M. Murugappan
dc.contributor.author R.Nagarajan
dc.contributor.author Sazali Yaacob
dc.date.accessioned 2026-03-31T03:39:42Z
dc.date.available 2026-03-31T03:39:42Z
dc.date.issued 2009-10-11
dc.description Organized by School of Mechatronic Engineering (UniMAP) & co-organized by The Institution of Engineering Malaysia (IEM), 11th - 13th October 2009 at Batu Feringhi, Penang, Malaysia.
dc.description.abstract In this paper we summarize the emotion recognition from the electroencephalogram (EEG) signals. The combination of surface Laplacian filtering, time-frequency analysis (Wavelet Transform) and linear classifiers are used to detect the discrete emotions (happy, surprise, fear, disgust, and neutral) of human through EEG signals. EEG signals are collected from 20 subjects through 62 active electrodes, which are placed over the entire scalp based on International 10-10 system. All the signals are collected without much discomfort to the subjects, and can reflect the influence of emotion on the autonomic nervous system. An audio-visual (video clips) induction based protocol has been designed for evoking the discrete emotions. The raw EEG signals are preprocessed through Surface Laplacian filtering method and decomposed into five different EEG frequency bands using Wavelet Transform (WT). In our work, we used “db4” wavelet function for extracting the statistical features for classifying the emotions. A new statistical features based on frequency band energy and it’s modified from are discussed for achieving the maximum classification rate. The validation of statistical features is performed using 5 fold cross validation. In this work, KNN outperforms LDA by offering a maximum average classification rate of 78.4783 % on 62 channels and 73.6087% on 24 channels respectively. Finally we present the average classification accuracy and individual classification accuracy of two different classifiers for justifying the performance of our emotion recognition system.
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14170/16132
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
dc.relation.conference The International Conference on Man-Machine Systems (ICoMMS), 11th - 13th October 2009 at Batu Feringhi, Penang, Malaysia
dc.relation.ispartof Proceedings of the International Conference on Man-Machine Systems (ICoMMS)
dc.subject EEG
dc.subject Surface Laplacian filtering
dc.subject Wavelet transforms
dc.subject KNN
dc.subject LDA.
dc.title Modified energy based time-frequency features for classifying human emotions using EEG
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oairecerif.author.affiliation Universiti Malaysia Perlis
oairecerif.author.affiliation Universiti Malaysia Perlis
oairecerif.author.affiliation Universiti Malaysia Perlis
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