Evaluation of Emotion by Using Peripheral Skin Temperature: The Effectiveness of Measurement on the Back of Finger

Abstract From the measurement of peripheral skin temperatures on the nose, temporalis, back of finger, and ankle simultaneously by thermistors and a thermography on the condition that peripheral blood vessels contract in smoking, it is demonstrated that the back of finger is most useful for the measurement area of skin temperature. The measurement of skin temperature on the back of finger in watching a scare video that is seized with fear is made for confirmation of the effectiveness, which is demonstrated from the result that the skin temperature on the back of finger for the scare dropped statistically in 18 subjects in comparison with that in watching a scenery video.