Facial affect analysis for mental health research tasks
Measure observable facial-expression behavior in approved research tasks while avoiding diagnostic claims and preserving rater review.
What the camera can measure
These outputs are designed for study comparison, rater review, and statistical analysis. They are not diagnostic claims.
Expression amplitude proxy
mouth, brow, cheek, and eye landmark movement
Expression timing
onset, peak, offset, and duration of visible expression
Speaking-task affect
facial movement during speech or interview prompt
Quality and consent flag
face visibility, occlusion, lighting, and approved use
Build the task around your protocol
ConductVision works best when the task, camera setup, annotations, and export fields are defined before the first participant visit.
Task presets
- emotion expression task
- speaking task
- social video response
- neutral-to-expressive transition
Researcher annotations
- task prompt
- self-report pairing
- rater label
- occlusion flag
- consent scope
Export fields
- facial landmark time series
- expression event timing
- review labels
- quality flags
Camera setup
Consented face-visible camera setup with lighting and privacy controls documented in the protocol.
Metrics, video signals, and comparators
What is established
Facial expression coding and affective behavior tasks are used in psychology, psychiatry, and affective science research.
What ConductVision quantifies
ConductVision measures visible facial landmark changes and event timing for reviewable research coding.
What still needs validation
Mental health inference, emotion labels, and diagnostic interpretation require validated instruments and qualified reviewers.
Reviewable data for analysis teams
Exports are built for study notebooks, statistical analysis, and rater review. The video remains available for audit when the protocol allows it.
Scientific context for the task family
These links point to the measurement areas researchers commonly use when validating a protocol.
Research-use measurement note
ConductVision outputs are research-use measurements unless a customer has completed their own clinical validation, regulatory review, and intended-use controls. The study team remains responsible for consent, privacy, camera calibration, rater review, and clinical interpretation.
Adjacent human movement pages
Autism and social attention
Measure gaze orientation, joint attention events, gesture timing, and task engagement with careful review.
Open pagePain and movement guarding
Pair self-report with visible guarding, movement avoidance, task timing, and facial expression coding.
Open pageReaction time and psychomotor slowing
Measure reaction time, initiation latency, movement speed, vigilance lapses, and task consistency.
Open pageTelemedicine movement assessment
Guide home video capture, quality checks, task review, and exportable movement measures.
Open pageBring facial affect and mental health research into a real study protocol
Share the task, participant population, camera constraints, and outcomes you need to compare. We will help map what can be measured and what needs validation.
