Keywords

dual process theory, cognitive load, mouse cursor movements

Abstract

Real-time assessment of users' cognitive states has practical importance, allowing organizations to infer user behaviors. Realizing its importance, prior studies – specifically those using mouse cursor movements – have applied various theories to answer a similar question, i.e., how does a high cognitive load influence the users' device usage behavior? While numerous activities can increase cognitive load, we argue that the mechanisms behind how humans process information can more holistically be explained using Dual Process Theory (DPT) (i.e., when cognitive load is either low or high) and can be applied under a broad range of usage contexts. Using a within-participant experiment and a simple typing task, we demonstrate that DPT is robust to work by examining DPT and mouse cursor movements. Specifically, users' typing speed and task execution are significantly slower when engaged in the task (System 2) and significantly faster when completing the task with lower cognitive effort and engagement (System 1).

Original Publication Citation

Kim, D., Valacich, J. S., Jenkins, J. L., and Kumar, M. (2023) “Typing Fast versus Typing Slow: Using Typing Dynamics to Reveal Authentic and Imposter Users” Hawaii International Conference on Computer and Systems Sciences. Hawaii, January 3-6.

Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

2023

Publisher

Hawaii International Conference on Computer and Systems Sciences

Language

English

College

Marriott School of Business

Department

Information Systems Management

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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