Research Article
Analysis of The Effects of Cognitive Stress on the Reliability of Participatory Sensing
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-94822-1_41, author={Rio Yoshikawa and Yuki Matsuda and Kohei Oyama and Hirohiko Suwa and Keiichi Yasumoto}, title={Analysis of The Effects of Cognitive Stress on the Reliability of Participatory Sensing}, proceedings={Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services. 18th EAI International Conference, MobiQuitous 2021, Virtual Event, November 8-11, 2021, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={MOBIQUITOUS}, year={2022}, month={2}, keywords={Participatory sensing Crowdsourcing Response reliability Satisficing Cognitive stress}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-94822-1_41} }- Rio Yoshikawa
Yuki Matsuda
Kohei Oyama
Hirohiko Suwa
Keiichi Yasumoto
Year: 2022
Analysis of The Effects of Cognitive Stress on the Reliability of Participatory Sensing
MOBIQUITOUS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-94822-1_41
Abstract
As a result of the widespread of smart devices such as smartphones, participatory sensing, which is a method of sensing and sharing information about the surrounding environment using the user’s own device, has been attracting increasing attention. However, the quality of the data relies on the attitudes of the users because they do not always give accurate and careful responses to participatory sensing tasks. In this study, we considered that the causes of the occurrence of careless responses in participatory sensing are not only the user’s attitude toward the task, but also the cognitive stress conditions surrounding the user (e.g., time limits, ambient noise, walking). In this paper, we investigated whether the ratio of correct answers and the response status of a participatory sensing task differs under stressful and normal conditions. The results showed that the cognitive stresses of noise and walking significantly reduced the ratio of correct answers, whereas the cognitive stresses of walking and time limits increased and decreased the answering time, respectively. After the experiment, we conducted a subjective evaluation questionnaire regarding the effects of stress environment conditions on the participatory sensing task. The results showed that a combination of multiple stressful environmental conditions often hindered or affected task responses.
