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IU researcher looks to Internet as new frontier in collecting data on the mind


April 30, 2015

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With Apple's launch of new health tracking tools for the iPhone and medical researchers' forays into Facebook to recruit clinical trial volunteers, Web and mobile apps are increasingly seen as a new source for health data. But psychologists are also looking to the Internet as a new source of information about the mind--and an Indiana University researcher is on the forefront of those developing the tools to make it happen.Full Story

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