Neurophysiological experimental facility for Quality of Experience (QoE) assessment

The human brain is the epicenter of every human action, thus neurophysiology will pave the way for understanding human behavior and cognition and their interplay with Quality of Experience (QoE). Recent advances in neurophysiological monitoring tools have allowed useful QoE constructs to be measured in real-time, such as human cognition, attention, emotion, fatigue, perception and task performance. In this paper, we describe a multimodal neurophysiological experimental facility recently implemented for QoE evaluation. A description of the facility and the available equipment is presented. Results of three recent studies are also presented, thus showing that neurophysiological correlates can be obtained for i) natural speech and ii) synthesized speech QoE perception, as well as iii) image preference characterization for multimedia QoE evaluation.