# Pain Intensity Estimation on UNBC-McMaster

Source: [Pain Intensity Estimation on UNBC-McMaster](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/pain-intensity-estimation-on-unbc-mcmaster>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-02-26T05:57:39.936Z

Evaluation of Pain Intensity Estimation performance on the UNBC-McMaster dataset, measured using correlation coefficients such as Pearson correlation.

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Pain Intensity Estimation |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | UNBC-McMaster |
| Metric | Pearson Correlation |
| Unit | SCALAR |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 18 of 18 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [Pearson Correlation](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/pain-intensity-estimation-on-unbc-mcmaster.md?metric=Pearson%20Correlation>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | Pearson Correlation | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| pairwise comparative inference method | 0.76 | Not recorded | 68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9 |
| pairwise comparative inference method w/ contrastive training | 0.75 | Not recorded | 68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9 |
| AFAR (mean subtracted) | 0.71 | Not recorded | 68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9 |
| pairwise comparative inference method | 0.71 | Not recorded | 68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9 |
| pairwise comparative inference method w/ contrastive training | 0.69 | Not recorded | 68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9 |
| AFAR | 0.68 | Not recorded | 68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9 |
| pairwise comparative inference method | 0.67 | Not recorded | 68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9 |
| AFAR (mean subtracted) | 0.66 | Not recorded | 68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9 |
| pairwise comparative inference method w/ contrastive training | 0.63 | Not recorded | 68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9 |
| AFAR | 0.58 | Not recorded | 68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9 |
| AFAR | 0.57 | Not recorded | 68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9 |
| AFAR (mean subtracted) | 0.57 | Not recorded | 68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9 |
| SVR with DCT features | 0.55 | Not recorded | 68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9 |
| SVR with DCT features | 0.5 | Not recorded | 68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9 |
| VGG16+LSTM | 0.48 | Not recorded | 68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9 |
| VGG16+LSTM | 0.43 | Not recorded | 68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9 |
| SVR with DCT features | 0.37 | Not recorded | 68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9 |
| VGG16+LSTM | 0.27 | Not recorded | 68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9 |

### pairwise comparative inference method

Pearson Correlation: 0.76. Result ID: 698d949c8b517eb433227d10.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/TaatiTeam/pain_detection_demo>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Window Length":"1sec"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### pairwise comparative inference method w/ contrastive training

Pearson Correlation: 0.75. Result ID: 698d949c8b517eb433227d13.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/TaatiTeam/pain_detection_demo>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Window Length":"1sec"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### AFAR (mean subtracted)

Pearson Correlation: 0.71. Result ID: 698d949c8b517eb433227d0d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Window Length":"1sec"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### pairwise comparative inference method

Pearson Correlation: 0.71. Result ID: 698d949c8b517eb433227d0f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/TaatiTeam/pain_detection_demo>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Window Length":"frame"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### pairwise comparative inference method w/ contrastive training

Pearson Correlation: 0.69. Result ID: 698d949c8b517eb433227d12.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/TaatiTeam/pain_detection_demo>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Window Length":"frame"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### AFAR

Pearson Correlation: 0.68. Result ID: 698d949c8b517eb433227d0a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Window Length":"1sec"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### pairwise comparative inference method

Pearson Correlation: 0.67. Result ID: 698d949c8b517eb433227d11.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/TaatiTeam/pain_detection_demo>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Window Length":"5sec"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### AFAR (mean subtracted)

Pearson Correlation: 0.66. Result ID: 698d949c8b517eb433227d0c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Window Length":"frame"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### pairwise comparative inference method w/ contrastive training

Pearson Correlation: 0.63. Result ID: 698d949c8b517eb433227d14.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/TaatiTeam/pain_detection_demo>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Window Length":"5sec"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### AFAR

Pearson Correlation: 0.58. Result ID: 698d949c8b517eb433227d09.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Window Length":"frame"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### AFAR

Pearson Correlation: 0.57. Result ID: 698d949c8b517eb433227d0b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Window Length":"5sec"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### AFAR (mean subtracted)

Pearson Correlation: 0.57. Result ID: 698d949c8b517eb433227d0e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Window Length":"5sec"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SVR with DCT features

Pearson Correlation: 0.55. Result ID: 698d949c8b517eb433227d04.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Window Length":"1sec"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SVR with DCT features

Pearson Correlation: 0.5. Result ID: 698d949c8b517eb433227d03.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Window Length":"frame"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### VGG16+LSTM

Pearson Correlation: 0.48. Result ID: 698d949c8b517eb433227d06.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Window Length":"frame"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### VGG16+LSTM

Pearson Correlation: 0.43. Result ID: 698d949c8b517eb433227d07.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Window Length":"1sec"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SVR with DCT features

Pearson Correlation: 0.37. Result ID: 698d949c8b517eb433227d05.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Window Length":"5sec"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### VGG16+LSTM

Pearson Correlation: 0.27. Result ID: 698d949c8b517eb433227d08.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa690c1e209131cea1fbf9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Window Length":"5sec"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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