The role of visual coherence in graphical passwords

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2013-08-31

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Özge, Alaçam
Christopher, Habel
Acartürk, Cengiz

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Graphical password is an alternative method of authentication to alphanumerical passwords. From theperspectiveof research on human memory, it is yet another novel technology that introduces challenges on human memory components. In this study, we aim to investigatethe previousfindings in human visual memory in the domain ofgraphical passwords by analyzingthe role ofvisual coherence in passwords. The results of an experimental studyreveal that in terms of memorability, coherent images are better candidatesas graphical password images than jumbled images

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Eye tracking, Visual working memory, Visual coherence, Graphical passwords

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http://mindmodeling.org/cogsci2013/
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/81530
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8kc3g1z3

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A. Özge, H. Christopher, and C. Acartürk, “The role of visual coherence in graphical passwords,” 2013, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: http://mindmodeling.org/cogsci2013/.