Detecting cognitive stress from keyboard and mouse dynamics during mental arithmetic

Yee Mei Lim*, Aladdin Ayesh, Martin Stacey

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    Abstract

    Much research has been done to detect human emotion using various computational methods, such as physiological measures and facial expression recognition. These methods are effective but they could be expensive or intrusive as special setups of equipments are needed. Some researchers have utilized non-intrusive methods by using mouse or keyboard analyses and presented comparable effectiveness in detecting human emotion. This paper investigates how both keyboard and mouse features can be combined to detect human stress, particularly cognitive stress induced by time pressure and mental arithmetic problems. The results show that the complexity of the mental arithmetic problem and time pressure affect user behaviour, mouse behaviour and keyboard behaviour significantly. This indicates that automatic analysis of human stress from keyboard and mouse input is potentially useful for providing adaptation in interactive system such as an e-learning system.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of 2014 Science and Information Conference, SAI 2014
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
    Pages146-152
    Number of pages7
    ISBN (Electronic)9780989319317
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 9 Oct 2014
    Event2014 Science and Information Conference, SAI 2014 - London, United Kingdom
    Duration: 27 Aug 201429 Aug 2014

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of 2014 Science and Information Conference, SAI 2014

    Conference

    Conference2014 Science and Information Conference, SAI 2014
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    CityLondon
    Period27/08/1429/08/14

    Keywords

    • cognitive stress
    • keyboard dynamics
    • mental arithmetic
    • mouse dynamics
    • stress detection

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