The speed of mouse-click as a measure of anxiety during human-computer interaction

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 427-433

  Macaulay, M ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTABILITY AND DECIDABILITY; CONDITION MONITORING; DATA ACQUISITION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS);

AFFECTIVE COMPUTING; HUMAN STRESS ANALYSIS; MOUSE-CLICK;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 8344264579     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290412331294651     Document Type: Article

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