Does Peoples’ Keyboard Typing Reflect Their Stress Level?

Abstract. Keyboard-typing tracking offers a convenient behavioral data collection method in web-based study settings. This paper investigated the feasibility of utilizing keyboard-typing for stress measurement. We present from two experiments: laboratory with N = 53 participants and an online 924 participants. In both studies, typed standardized text sequences during high-stress or low-stress condition. The manipulation checks revealed consistent differences participant’s levels according to experimental conditions. analysis 11 typing features frequentist machine learning methods few isolated links between keyboard typing, but results were inconsistent across studies methods. To foster replication, critical discussion, new developments, we follow open science principles data, source, methodology.