Table 2 Comparison of state-of-the-art emotion databases using physiological signals.

From: Insights from EEG analysis of evoked memory recalls using deep learning for emotion charting

Dataset

AMIGOS25

DEAP26

DECAF27

DREAMER28

MAHNOB-HCI29

Imagined Emotions30

MEMO

Participants

40 (27M, 13F)

32 (16M, 16F)

30 (16M, 14F)

23 (14M, 9F)

30 (13M, 17F)

32 (13M, 19F)

69 (36M, 33F)

Modalities

EEG, ECG, GSR and audio-visual

EEG, GSR and peripheral signals

ECG and peripheral signals

EEG, ECG

EEG, ECG, GSR and peripheral signals

EEG, ECG, EMG

EEG

Self-assessment annotations

Dimensional: valence, arousal, dominance, liking, familiarity. Categorical: Six basic emotions.

Dimensional: arousal, valence, liking, dominance and familiarity.

Dimensional: valence, arousal and dominance.

Dimensional: Valence, arousal and dominance.

Dimensional: valence, dominance.

Categorical: Love, joy, anger, fear etc.

Dimensional: valence, arousal.

Dimensional scale

1 to 9

Continuous scale 1 to 9

0 to 5 and − 2 to + 2

1 to 5

1 to 9

Non metric multi-dimensional scale

− 4 to 4

Acquisition

14 Channel EEG, Wireless ECG and GSR

32 Channel EEG and wired GSR

3 channel ECG

14 Channel EEG, Wireless ECG

32 Channel EEG and wired ECG, GSR

256-Channel Biosemi wired

64-channel Wireless sports cap (ANT Neuro)31

Age (years)

21–40 (\(\mu\) = 28.3)

19–37 (\(\mu\) = 26.9)

(\(\mu\) = 27.3, \(\sigma\)= 4.3)

22–33 (\(\mu\)= 26.6, \(\sigma\) = 2.7)

19–40 (\(\mu\) = 26.06, \(\sigma\) = 4.93)

18–38 (\(\mu\)= 25.5, \(\sigma\)= 5)

20–56 (\(\mu\)= 36.95, \(\sigma\)= 9.67)

Stimuli

20 Videos

40 Videos

32 Videos

18 Videos

20 Videos

15 Sounds

16 words Memory recall

  1. M represented male, F represent female, \(\mu\) represents mean and \(\sigma\) represents standard deviation.