Sensing systems and methods for identifying emotional stress events

Abstract

Changes in lactate concentrations in vivo may be indicative of a number of physiological conditions, among which can be emotional stress events. Sensing systems for emotional stress events may comprise a lactate-responsive sensor adapted for detecting lactate in vivo, and a processor communicatively coupled to the lactate-responsive sensor. The processor is adapted to determine a plurality of lactate concentrations measured by the lactate-responsive sensor over a period of time. The processor is further adapted to correlate a lactate concentration spike, a lactate concentration change, and/or a lactate concentration rate of change to an emotional stress event occurring within the period of time. The systems may exclude data received during designated or specified sleeping times, exercise, or after eating in order to determine a genuine emotional stress event.

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