Table 4 Description of the fields contained within the _empatica.mat file structure.

From: Mobile Brain-Body Imaging and Visual Data of Theatrical Actors During Rehearsal and Performance

empatica.sensor_location

Identification of subject and hand where sensor is located

empatica.Accel

Nx3 matrix containing acceleration vector(x,y,z) from triaxial accelerometer at

 

each time point N (units: 1/64g)

empatica.Accel_tstamps

Nx1 vector containing unix timestamps in seconds at each time point N for acceleration data

empatica.Accel_srate

Scalar value indicating sampling rate of accelerometer (32 Hz)

empatica.BVP

Nx1 vector containing blood volume pulse vector from photoplethysmograph at each time point N (no units given)

empatica.BVP_tstamps

Nx1 vector containing unix timestamps in seconds at each time point N for blood volume pulse data

empatica.BVP_srate

Scalar value indicating sampling rate of photoplethysmograph (64 Hz)

empatica.elec_dermal

Nx1 vector containing electrodermal activity vector from electrodermal activity sensor at each time point N (units: microsiemens)

empatica.elec_dermal_tstamps

Nx1 vector containing unix timestamps in seconds at each time point N for electrodermal activity data

empatica.elec_dermal_srate

Scalar value indicating sampling rate of electrodermal activity sensor (4 Hz)

empatica.heart_rate

Nx1 vector containing heart rate vector extracted from BVP signal at each time point N

empatica.heart_rate_tstamps

Nx1 vector containing unix timestamps in seconds at each time point N for heart rate data

empatica.heart_rate_srate

Scalar value indicating sample rate of extracted heart rates (1 Hz)

empatica.temperature

Nx1 vector containing temperature at each time point N (units: degrees Celsius)

empatica.temperature_tstamps

Nx1 vector containing unix timestamps in seconds at each time point N for temperature data

empatica.temperature_srate

Scalar value indicating sampling rate of temperature sensor (4 Hz)