Your Mouse Knows When You’re Mad
Did you know that when you get frustrated with your computer you move your mouse more slowly? Your computer knows. In fact, researchers at BYU have figured out tell-tale signs of frustration, anger, and confusion in users just by looking at their mouse movements.
The team discovered that when users were “upset or confused” the mouse did not move in a curved path or straight across the screen and instead became “jagged and sudden.” Angry people moved their mouse more slowly.
“Using this technology, websites will no longer be dumb,” said BYU researcher Professor Jeffrey Jenkins. “Websites can go beyond just presenting information, but they can sense you. They can understand not just what you’re providing, but what you’re feeling.”
“It’s counterintuitive; people might think, ‘When I’m frustrated, I start moving the mouse faster,” Jenkins said. “Well, no, you actually start moving slower.”
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http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/16/your-mouse-knows-when-youre-mad
A lot of frantic mousing at DU
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and then it stops moving altogether 
that we can now be spied upon by the computer mouse? And what about all those people who don't use them and actually like the touch pad or touch screens? Do I need a robocat?
This was done at BYU and I am pretty skeptical about any studies they produce... just because.
Regardless, I'm asking Santa for a robotcat who will eat my mouse if it starts telling on me.
