Study: How you type and move your mouse reflects how stressed you are

By Christiane Oelrich

According to a Swiss study, how a person types on a keyboard and moves their cursor can say more about how stressed they are than their heart rate. — Photo: Henning Kaiser/dpa

GENEVA: One employee hacks away at the keyboard and jolts their cursor across the computer screen in sudden motions. Another types gently and moves their cursor with slow precision.

Which person is stressed?

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