Detecting cognitive stress from keyboard and mouse dynamics during mental arithmetic

Yee Mei Lim; Aladdin Ayesh; Martin Stacey

doi:10.1109/SAI.2014.6918183

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 language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2014 Science and Information Conference, SAI 2014
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	146-152
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9780989319317
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SAI.2014.6918183
Publication status	Published - 9 Oct 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	2014 Science and Information Conference, SAI 2014 - London, United Kingdom Duration: 27 Aug 2014 → 29 Aug 2014

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Name	Proceedings of 2014 Science and Information Conference, SAI 2014

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Conference	2014 Science and Information Conference, SAI 2014
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	27/08/14 → 29/08/14

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 The Science and Information (SAI) Organization.

Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thanks Tunku Abdul Rahman Universit College for allowing the experiments to be setup and conducted in one of its computer laboratories.

Keywords

cognitive stress
keyboard dynamics
mental arithmetic
mouse dynamics
stress detection

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Lim, Y. M., Ayesh, A., & Stacey, M. (2014). Detecting cognitive stress from keyboard and mouse dynamics during mental arithmetic. In Proceedings of 2014 Science and Information Conference, SAI 2014 (pp. 146-152). Article 6918183 (Proceedings of 2014 Science and Information Conference, SAI 2014). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/SAI.2014.6918183

Detecting cognitive stress from keyboard and mouse dynamics during mental arithmetic. / Lim, Yee Mei; Ayesh, Aladdin; Stacey, Martin.
Proceedings of 2014 Science and Information Conference, SAI 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. p. 146-152 6918183 (Proceedings of 2014 Science and Information Conference, SAI 2014).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Published conference contribution

Lim, YM, Ayesh, A & Stacey, M 2014, Detecting cognitive stress from keyboard and mouse dynamics during mental arithmetic. in Proceedings of 2014 Science and Information Conference, SAI 2014., 6918183, Proceedings of 2014 Science and Information Conference, SAI 2014, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 146-152, 2014 Science and Information Conference, SAI 2014, London, United Kingdom, 27/08/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/SAI.2014.6918183

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