Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for determining the emotional state of a user are described herein. In one example, the method for determining the emotional state of the user comprises receiving a feed from a sensor at a default sampling frequency, and analyzing the feed to determine facial features of a user. The method further comprises computing an emotional quotient of the user based on the facial features, determining a trigger to re-compute the sampling frequency the feed, based in part on the emotional quotient and computing a new sampling frequency based in part on the trigger. Thereafter, the method comprises generating instructions for the sensor to capture the feed at the new sampling frequency.