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Heart Rates and Step Counts: A Novel Approach to Eating Disorder Care
Under the Cortex
24 minutes 1 second
11 months ago
Heart Rates and Step Counts: A Novel Approach to Eating Disorder Care
What potential do everyday devices, like smartwatches, have in transforming the management and treatment of eating disorders?
In this episode, Under the Cortex explores how commonly used technology, such as heart rate monitors and step counters, can be used to understand binge-eating episodes. APS's Özge Gürcanlı Fischer Baum interviews Qinxin Shi from the University of Utah, whose research is featured in Clinical Psychological Science. Together, they discuss the potential implications of this innovative approach for identifying and treating eating disorders.
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Under the Cortex
The podcast of the Association for Psychological Science. What does science tell us about the way the think, behave, and learn about the world around us?
