An app that can track a smartphone user’s happiness with the help of phone data and the user’s perception of mood has been developed by researchers at Cambridge University.
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Mood-tracking apps already exist but the team from the Cambridge Computer Laboratory think this is the first time that user-input data and phone information sources have been combined.
Dr Jason Rentfrow, a senior lecturer in the department of psychology at Cambridge University said the aim here is to use a more flexible approach, to collect data that shows how moods vary between people.
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Lead researcher Dr Neal Lathia said the app has been designed as "a journey of discovery" for the user to give them a step-by-step guide to what might be influencing their mood swings.
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Happiness Survey
The survey is a worldwide investigation of sociocultural and political change conducted about every four years by an international network of
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The app is expected to be used by doctors as a therapeutic tool as well as by individuals to work out the times that they are most stressed, for example.
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Source-ANI
