Conditional provisioning of auxiliary information with a media presentation

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• monitoring, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, a mental state of a user during provision of a presentation to the user, wherein the presentation comprises a spoken description of a topic;
• based on a determination that the mental state comprises a defined type of mental state included in a set of two or more defined types of mental states, determining, by the device, a portion of the topic associated with causation of the defined type of mental state;
• determining, by the device, auxiliary information about the portion based on the defined type of mental state;
• and
• providing, by the device, the auxiliary information to a user device employed by the user during the presentation for rendering by the device in association with presentation of the portion.

A computer program product for conditional provisioning of auxiliary information with a presentation, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

• monitor, by the processor, monitoring, a mental state of a user during provision of the presentation to the user, wherein the presentation comprises a spoken description of a topic;
• determine, by the processor, based on a determination that the mental state comprises a defined type of mental state included in a set of two or more defined types of mental states, a portion of the topic associated with causation of the defined type of mental state;
• determine, by the processor, auxiliary information about the portion based on the defined type of mental state;
• and
• provide, by the processor, the auxiliary information to a device employed by the user during the presentation for rendering by the device in association with presentation of the portion.