Wrist PPG Stress Classification on WESAD: Interval Features Compared with Beat-Shape and Wavelet Features

Mahima Thapa

· 2026
PPGDOI

Summary

WESAD, 15 subjects: Empatica E4 BVP at 64 Hz, baseline vs Trier Social Stress Test.

Key facts

Form Factor
wrist

Reported benchmarks

Mental workload / stress

WESAD · AUROC ↑

#3 of 5
0.965

LOSO pooled AUC, BVP 64 Hz 60 s windows, stress from 9 subjects; post hoc; interval-only 0.911–0.933; RF 0.972 transductive z-scoring (not ranked)

Updated: Oct 8, 2026