Digital envirotyping: quantifying environmental determinants of health and behavior
Matthew M Engelhard1, Jason A Oliver1, F Joseph McClernon1
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC USA.
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Digital phenotyping efforts have used wearable devices to connect a rich array of physiologic data to health outcomes or behaviors of interest. The environmental context surrounding these phenomena has received less attention, yet is critically needed to understand their antecedents and deliver context-appropriate interventions. The coupling of improved smart eyewear with deep learning represents a technological turning point, one that calls for more comprehensive, ambitious study of environments and health.
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