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- Title
Tracking stress via the computer mouse? Promises and challenges of a potential behavioral stress marker.
- Authors
Freihaut, Paul; Göritz, Anja S.; Rockstroh, Christoph; Blum, Johannes
- Abstract
Computer mouse tracking offers a simple and cost-efficient way to gather continuous behavioral data and has mostly been utilized in psychological science to study cognitive processes. The present study extends the potential applicability of computer mouse tracking and investigates the feasibility of using computer mouse tracking for stress measurement. Drawing on first empirical results and theoretical considerations, we hypothesized that stress affects sensorimotor processes involved in mouse usage. To explore the relationship between stress and computer mouse usage, we conducted a between-participant field experiment in which N = 994 participants worked on four mouse tasks in a high-stress or low-stress condition. In the manipulation check, participants reported different stress levels between the two conditions. However, frequentist and machine learning data analysis approaches did not reveal a clear and systematic relationship between mouse usage and stress. These findings challenge the feasibility of using straightforward computer mouse tracking for generalized stress measurement.
- Subjects
MICE (Computers); MACHINE learning; COGNITIVE science; DATA analysis
- Publication
Behavior Research Methods, 2021, Vol 53, Issue 6, p2281
- ISSN
1554-351X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3758/s13428-021-01568-8