AI-Based Detection of Emotional Burnout from Typing Patterns

  • Unique Paper ID: 207736
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 3
  • PageNo: 2468-2470
  • Abstract:
  • Burnout has become a common concern among students, teachers, and working professionals. Continuous workload and stress can affect concentration, motivation, productivity, and overall well-being. Burnout is usually identified through questionnaires, interviews, and self-reported assessments. Although these methods are useful, they are generally conducted at specific intervals and rely on individuals describing their experiences. This study proposes a method of examining typing behaviour as a possible additional indicator of burnout-related changes. The proposed approach considers various typing characteristics, including typing speed, inter-key time, key-hold duration, pauses, typing errors, backspace usage, and changes in typing rhythm. Three machine-learning techniques, namely Random Forest, Support Vector Machine (SVM), and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), are considered for analysing these patterns. The proposed system is intended to support early awareness and research on behavioural changes and is not intended to diagnose burnout.

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BibTeX

@article{207736,
        author = {SRIPRIYA N D},
        title = {AI-Based Detection of Emotional Burnout from Typing Patterns},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {13},
        number = {3},
        pages = {2468-2470},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=207736},
        abstract = {Burnout has become a common concern among students, teachers, and working professionals. Continuous workload and stress can affect concentration, motivation, productivity, and overall well-being. Burnout is usually identified through questionnaires, interviews, and self-reported assessments. Although these methods are useful, they are generally conducted at specific intervals and rely on individuals describing their experiences. This study proposes a method of examining typing behaviour as a possible additional indicator of burnout-related changes. The proposed approach considers various typing characteristics, including typing speed, inter-key time, key-hold duration, pauses, typing errors, backspace usage, and changes in typing rhythm. Three machine-learning techniques, namely Random Forest, Support Vector Machine (SVM), and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), are considered for analysing these patterns. The proposed system is intended to support early awareness and research on behavioural changes and is not intended to diagnose burnout.},
        keywords = {Artificial Intelligence, Emotional Burnout, Keystroke Dynamics, Typing Behaviour, Machine Learning, Random Forest, SVM, LSTM.},
        month = {August},
        }

Cite This Article

D, S. N. (2026). AI-Based Detection of Emotional Burnout from Typing Patterns. International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology (IJIRT), 13(3), 2468–2470.

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