On the first working day, the participants were introduced to the highly unique software platform “IMOTIONS” as a leading multimodal modern research tool for the analysis of a specific group of human emotional-biometric indicators (practically, a unique comprehensive software system in the world).

Within the framework of the training, «iMotions» specialists Dani Peng-Li (Ph.D.) and Martina Sansone (Ph.D.) presented the following topics in detail:

• Introduction to the “IMOTIONS” system and its working principles,

• Theoretical foundations of sensors and metrics,

• The process of “Study creation” using the Study Builder program,

• Practical exercises using multimodal sensors, including facial expression analysis (FEA), voice analysis (VA), galvanic skin response analysis (GSR) and eye tracking technology (Eye-Tracking).

During the first day, participants practically studied how the above technologies are applied to various scientific and educational problems of emotional responses and attention research. The second working day was mainly devoted to the practical mastering of issues of pre-processing, analysis and visualization of the recorded data.

In particular, participants had a good opportunity to apply the acquired knowledge and skills by pre-registering their own real data subsets according to the participating university teams, and then, by processing them with the “IMOTIONS” system, learning to implement:

• data pre-processing,

• sensor data processing and analysis,

• data visualization & interpretation.

Finally, the participants were also presented with some recommendations based on “Best Practices” for the “competent” organization of similar neuro- and biometric studies, including preferred methods for subject selection, environmental control, and data quality improvement.