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Predicting Human Stress and Exam Performance through Variations of the Electrical Potentials of a Basil Plant

In: Artificial Intelligence and Networks for a Sustainable Future

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  • Denis Smolin

    (University of Cologne)

  • Deniz Oruç Çelik

    (Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg)

  • Peter A. Gloor

    (University of Cologne)

Abstract

Exams provoke stress. Among researchers there is no consensus if stress enhances or decreases human task performance, especially in exam-like situations. We propose an alternative way of capturing experienced stress through measuring electromagnetic waves captured by changes in the action potentials of a basil plant. Thus, we conducted a lab experiment where 30 participants individually attended a short exam that does not require any special prior knowledge. Additionally, we tried to capture unbiased signals and build a machine learning model that uses the human electromagnetic waves to predict exam performance and estimate stress. Toward that goal we used the plant SpikerBox which captures the electrical signals of a basil plant positioned near the human experiencing stress. We also try to answer the question to which extent stress influences the exam performance of students. We developed machine learning models that predict preliminary grades of students with over 90% accuracy right after the exam has been taken, based on the signals of the basil plant.

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  • Denis Smolin & Deniz Oruç Çelik & Peter A. Gloor, 2026. "Predicting Human Stress and Exam Performance through Variations of the Electrical Potentials of a Basil Plant," Contributions to Economics, in: Francesca Greco & Andrea Fronzetti Colladon & Peter A. Gloor (ed.), Artificial Intelligence and Networks for a Sustainable Future, pages 45-68, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:conchp:978-3-032-13458-5_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-13458-5_4
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