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EDUCATION (ICAICTSEE – 2020), NOVEMBER 27-28TH, 2020, UNWE, SOFIA, BULGARIA

Galvanic Skin Response For Detecting Emotional Arousal And Stress

Bhumika Bhat, Sivakumar R

VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

bhumika.bhat2020@vitstudent.ac.in, rsivakumar@vit.ac.in

Abstract. Human emotions are very difficult to decode and study as there are several factors leading to their intensification. Due
to the daily stresses we all face in our day-to-day life we tend to ignore a lot of serious details about our emotional state and
mental health. Galvanic skin response (GSR) is one of the very effective mediums to get a deep insight in the person’s emotional
state. GSR is also called electrodermal skin activity. It refers to the changes in sweat gland activity due to the intensity of
emotions that is also known as emotional arousal. This project mainly focusses on the simulation and monitoring of GSR of a
person. LabVIEW was used as a virtual instrumentation software to simulate the signal, add other signals which belong to the
sympathetic nervous system and study the change in skin conductance which is indicative of the nature of a person’s emotional
state. This can be very useful in today’s time and age as everyone is leading a very stressful life and in times like these, if one
could monitor their stress levels it would give them an insight and they could change their lifestyle and behavior accordingly.

Keywords. emotional arousal, stress, galvanic skin response, skin conductance, LabVIEW simulation.