Digital phenotyping, behavioral sensing, or personal sensing: names and transparency in the digital age

Data from networked sensors, such as those in our phones, are increasingly being explored and used to identify behaviors related to health and mental health. While computer scientists have referred to this field as context sensing, personal sensing, or mobile sensing, medicine has more recently adop...

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Published inNPJ digital medicine Vol. 3; no. 1; p. 45
Main Authors Mohr, David C., Shilton, Katie, Hotopf, Matthew
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 25.03.2020
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Behavior
Biomedicine
Biotechnology
Comment
Computer science
Digital technology
Health care industry
Health informatics
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental disorders
Mental health
Preventive medicine
Privacy
Psychiatry
Sensors
Smartphones
Technological change
Ethics
Medical research
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Summary:Data from networked sensors, such as those in our phones, are increasingly being explored and used to identify behaviors related to health and mental health. While computer scientists have referred to this field as context sensing, personal sensing, or mobile sensing, medicine has more recently adopted the term digital phenotyping. This paper discusses the implications of these labels in light of privacy concerns, arguing language that is transparent and meaningful to the people whose data we are acquiring.
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ISSN:2398-6352
2398-6352
DOI:10.1038/s41746-020-0251-5