{"pk":21339,"title":"The Effects of Stress and Anxiety in Technology-Based Learning Environments","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Emotions, including stress and anxiety, strongly influence cognition and learning experiences. This study investigates the impacts of stress on cognitive load during learning, considering baseline anxiety levels and fluctuating stress. With a focus on technology-based learning, a web-based HTML introduction module was used. Using a social stress test, 15 participants underwent a stressful situation during learning, while the control group of 15 were in a neutral condition. Results indicate significantly elevated stress levels in the experimental group throughout the experiment, with a corresponding decrease in learning performance. For high perceived difficulty, the stressed condition demonstrated a significant increase in response time compared to the control condition. In contrast, when experiencing low perceived difficulty, a significant difference in response time across conditions was not found. Findings emphasise the importance of managing stress in educational contexts to optimise learning outcomes in the evolving landscape of technology-based learning.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"Education; Emotion; Human-computer interaction; Learning; Statistics"}],"section":"Papers with Oral Presentation","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6b84b33b","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Maliha","middle_name":"Naushad","last_name":"Mian","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of New South Wales","department":""},{"first_name":"Gelareh","middle_name":"","last_name":"Mohammadi","name_suffix":"","institution":"UNSW","department":""},{"first_name":"Nadine","middle_name":"","last_name":"Marcus","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of New South Wales","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2024-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/21339/galley/10938/download/"},{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/21339/galley/21784/download/"}]}