Undersökning av datormusklicks anpassning till takten i bakgrundsmusik

Sammanfattning: This study is connected to the project Sonification of Goods in Stores, which aims to prevent retail theft. The goal was to investigate whether or not test subjects timed their computer mouse clicks in relation to background music. It builds upon other experiments on adaptation to external rhythms. The study was performed by recording click-times when test participants were doing an online quiz while listening to background music. Two types of clicks were of interest. The main focus was clicks on question boxes, which triggered an interaction sound and a popup with a question when clicked. Clicks on the answer buttons, of which there were 4 for each question, each containing a prewritten alternative, was of secondary interest. The click-times were analyzed using a Chi2-test, comparing the number of clicks within different sections of the music. The results fail to support the idea that clicks on question boxes are correlated to the background music, but suggest some correlation for clicks on answer buttons. However, the deviation from an even distribution was small while the individual differences were big, hence it is reasonable to for practical applications act as if there was no correlation.