Swiss researchers use typing, mouse clicks to detect office stress

Researchers recorded participants’ mouse and keyboard behaviour and their heart rates, and regularly asked them how stressed they felt. — Photo by energepic.com: https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-sitting-in-front-of-macbook-313690/

GENEVA: The way people type and use their computer mouse can be better stress indicators than their heart rate, Swiss researchers said on April 11, adding their model could help prevent chronic stress.

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) said they had used new data and machine learning to develop a fresh model for detecting stress levels at work, based solely on the way people type or use their mouse.