The purpose of this study is to use smartphone technology to capture individual location emotional and cognitive data, to examine how real-world behaviors thoughts, emotions, and brain activity are related to one another.
The observational portion of this study was initially approved in 2015, this is a subset of the initially approved study and it is a clinical trial of 100 participants.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
Participants in this group will use a mobile phone sensor data application that uses an accelerometer, Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) and/or GPS designed for smartphone devices. This technology allows the phones to capture information automatically and passively on the participant's activity. The application will be collecting participants' data 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Participants will be asked to make alterations to their exploration levels approximately 20 days of their participation in the study.
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida, United States
RECRUITINGChange in positive emotional response as measured by ecological momentary assessment
Emotional response will be measured by computing a total mean score of "happy", "excited", "content", "attentive", "relaxed". The total mean score ranges from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating greater positive emotional response.
Time frame: Baseline, up to 6 months
Change in negative emotional response as measured by ecological momentary assessment
Emotional response will be measured by computing a total mean score of "sad", "tired", "upset", "irritable", "anxious". The total mean score ranges from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating greater negative emotional response.
Time frame: Baseline, up to 6 months
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