An automated emotional recognition system includes an emotional state classifier adapted to receive, during an operative phase, an input information stream with embedded information related to emotional states of a person, and to generate a succession of emotional state indications derived from the input information stream. The emotional recognition system further includes a post-processing function, configured to receive at least two emotional state indications of the succession and, for each of said at least two emotional state indications, determine a corresponding emotional state representation in an emotional state representation system. The post-processing function is further configured to combine the emotional state representations of the at least two emotional state indications to obtain an output emotional state indication.