Can smartphones detect stress-related changes in the behaviour of individuals?

We describe initial results from an ongoing project to use mobile phone sensors to detect stress related situations. The questions that we address in this stage of our work in progress is whether differences between stressful and non stressful periods can be detected in information readily available...

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Published in2012 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops pp. 423 - 426
Main Authors Bauer, G., Lukowicz, P.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.03.2012
Subjects
Biomedical monitoring
Bluetooth
Mobile communication
Sensors
Smart phones
Stress
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ISBN1467309052
9781467309059
DOI10.1109/PerComW.2012.6197525

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Summary:We describe initial results from an ongoing project to use mobile phone sensors to detect stress related situations. The questions that we address in this stage of our work in progress is whether differences between stressful and non stressful periods can be detected in information readily available on a smartphone such as location traces, BlueTooth devices seen during the day and phone call patterns. We present an experiment with 7 students who were monitored during a two week exam session (stressful situation) and the two following weeks (non stressful period). The results show that a behaviour modification can clearly be seen, although the exact interpretation and generalization requires further work and larger scale experiments.
ISBN:1467309052
9781467309059
DOI:10.1109/PerComW.2012.6197525