Mood tracking has become a popular way of understanding the sources of our feelings and regulating our emotions. There's a lot of evidence that this practice can benefit our wellbeing.
But when we track using apps with AI capabilities, like Apple’s latest iOS update which promises mental health insights based on how we report our feelings, can we believe them?
We look at how emotion-tracking apps can simultaneously improve our wellbeing and put us at risk of manipulation.
Guests:
Dr Peter Koval, Associate Professor in the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, Co-Director of the Functions of Emotion in Everyday Life (FEEL) Lab at the University of Melbourne
Dr Benjamin Tag, Lecturer and Researcher at Monash University's Human-Centred Computing Group
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