⌚ Fitness devices are great.
These ever-popular holiday gifts can tell you how far you have walked, run, cycled or skydived, and will let you know whether you’re getting enough rest, sleep or downtime.
But is there a risk? trib.al/IfpVoPW
These ever-popular holiday gifts can tell you how far you have walked, run, cycled or skydived, and will let you know whether you’re getting enough rest, sleep or downtime.
But is there a risk? trib.al/IfpVoPW
With ever more data being collected from our bodies, gadgets from Apple, Garmin, Fitbit and dozens more are starting to assert their own opinions about how we should live our lives.
The feedback might be doing more harm than good trib.al/p8l8xl2
The feedback might be doing more harm than good trib.al/p8l8xl2
There is a term for this phenomenon: the nocebo effect.
The opposite of a placebo, a nocebo delivers otherwise benign information that can actually reduce your sense of well-being.
Will you or a loved one truly benefit from 24-7 monitoring? trib.al/p8l8xl2
The opposite of a placebo, a nocebo delivers otherwise benign information that can actually reduce your sense of well-being.
Will you or a loved one truly benefit from 24-7 monitoring? trib.al/p8l8xl2
Research on the nocebo effect has shown that perceptions of pain can increase with shifts in information and detail.
Concentration falters when unpleasant data is provided trib.al/p8l8xl2
Concentration falters when unpleasant data is provided trib.al/p8l8xl2
With more devices strapped to people’s bodies, nocebos are now creeping into every day life as people put more faith in data to guide their habits trib.al/p8l8xl2
While a constant flow of data can help people optimize their health, the opposite can also be true.
Fitness podcaster and Youtuber @alispagnola says sometimes all we really need is positive reinforcement trib.al/p8l8xl2
Fitness podcaster and Youtuber @alispagnola says sometimes all we really need is positive reinforcement trib.al/p8l8xl2
The nocebo effect has become inherent in social media.
Rather than logging on to feel inspired and connected, Instagram has made users feel anxious.
The constant feedback of likes and retweets has undermined what should be appreciations of creativity trib.al/p8l8xl2
Rather than logging on to feel inspired and connected, Instagram has made users feel anxious.
The constant feedback of likes and retweets has undermined what should be appreciations of creativity trib.al/p8l8xl2
Well-meaning executives who churn out gadgets and apps place a high degree of faith in their products’ ability to improve life.
They rarely stop to think about the downsides trib.al/p8l8xl2
They rarely stop to think about the downsides trib.al/p8l8xl2
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