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Empatica Electrodermal Activity

Sensor parameters description for [EMPATICA_ELECTRODERMAL_ACTIVITY]:

Key                              Description
[CONTAINER] Name of the CSV file containing electrodermal activity data that is compressed inside an Empatica zip file. Since these zip files are created automatically by Empatica, there is no need to change the value of this attribute.

DBDP provider

Available time segments and platforms

  • Available for all time segments

File Sequence

- data/raw/{pid}/empatica_electrodermal_activity_raw.csv
- data/raw/{pid}/empatica_electrodermal_activity_with_datetime.csv
- data/interim/{pid}/empatica_electrodermal_activity_features/empatica_electrodermal activity_{language}_{provider_key}.csv
- data/processed/features/{pid}/empatica_electrodermal_activity.csv

Parameters description for [EMPATICA_ELECTRODERMAL_ACTIVITY][PROVIDERS][DBDP]:

Key                              Description
[COMPUTE] Set to True to extract EMPATICA_ELECTRODERMAL_ACTIVITY features from the DBDP provider
[FEATURES] Features to be computed from electrodermal activity intraday data, see table below

Features description for [EMPATICA_ELECTRODERMAL ACTIVITY][PROVIDERS][DBDP]:

Feature Units Description
maxeda microsiemens The maximum electrical conductance during a time segment.
mineda microsiemens The minimum electrical conductance during a time segment.
avgeda microsiemens The average electrical conductance during a time segment.
medianeda microsiemens The median of electrical conductance during a time segment.
modeeda microsiemens The mode of electrical conductance during a time segment.
stdeda microsiemens The standard deviation of electrical conductance during a time segment.
diffmaxmodeeda microsiemens The difference between the maximum and mode electrical conductance during a time segment.
diffminmodeeda microsiemens The difference between the mode and minimum electrical conductance during a time segment.
entropyeda nats Shannon’s entropy measurement based on electrical conductance during a time segment.

Assumptions/Observations

None