Refers to various scales and self-report measures in which people indicate their emotions. 
- Verbal Measures
- Non-verbal formats

Questionnaires

Emotions can be measured through the movement of facial muscles and inferred through one's judgement of anothers expressions.

Facial Expression Measurements

Affective scientists often use the central nervous system to look at what brain systems are activated during emotional experiences. Two common methods used for this are: 
- Electroencephalography
- Neuroimaging 

Measuring Emotions Through the Central Nervous System

Affective scientists can measure the peripheral nervous system to make inferences about one's emotional state. For example, they can measure eye movements, blood pressure and volume, heart rate, and electrodermal activities to infer one' emotional states (e.g. fear, anxiety, anger, etc.)

Measuring Emotions Through the Peripheral Nervous System

Discusses how emotions can be measured in experiments 
- Questionnaires
- Facial Expressions
- Central Nervous System
- Peripheral Nervous System

Alma College

Covers topics related to how to ethically manipulate emotions in experiments and how to measure them. 

Methods for Studying Emotions

Niedenthal, P. M., & Ric, F. (2017). Psychology of Emotion (2nd ed.). Psychology Press.

Psychology of Emotion

- Affective Images 
- Recall of Emotional Memories
- Films
- Music
- Scripted Social Interactions
- Naturally Occurring Emotions

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