Context acquisition in auditory emotional recognition studies

This paper describes an environment to assess auditory emotional recognition based on a mobile application. The primary aim of this work is to provide a valuable instrument that can be used both in research and clinical settings, responding to the strong need of validated measures of emotional processing, especially in Portugal. The secondary aim is to acquire and study the participants' interaction behavior with the technological device (e.g. touch patterns, touch intensity), in search for a relationship with medical conditions, cognitive impairments, auditory emotional recognition capacities or socio-demographic indicators. This will establish the basis for the prediction Davide Carneiro CIICESI, ESTGF Polytechnic Institute of Porto Felgueiras, Portugal Algoritmi Centre/Department of Informatics University of Minho Braga, Portugal Tel.: +351 253 604 437 Fax: +351 253 604 471 E-mail: [email protected] Ana P. Pinheiro School of Psychology University of Minho Braga, Portugal Faculty of Psychology University of Lisbon Lisbon,Portugal E-mail: [email protected] Paulo Novais Algoritmi Centre/Department of Informatics University of Minho Braga, Portugal Tel.: +351 253 604 437 Fax: +351 253 604 471 E-mail: [email protected] 2 Davide Carneiro et al. of such aspects as a function of an individual's interaction with technological devices, potentially providing new diagnostic tools.