Advancing Neuroscience through Wearable Devices

Kristina T Johnson; Rosalind W Picard

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2020.09.030

Advancing Neuroscience through Wearable Devices

Neuron. 2020 Oct 14;108(1):8-12. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.09.030.

Authors

Kristina T Johnson¹, Rosalind W Picard²

Affiliations

¹ Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: ktj@mit.edu.
² Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: picard@media.mit.edu.

PMID: 33058768
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.09.030

Abstract

Faster, more reliable, and comfortably wearable personal devices are producing data from biosensors on an unprecedented scale. Combined with context and analytics, these signals hold great promise to advance neuroscience via real-world data. Here, we discuss wearable technology broadly and provide specific examples of activity patterns from electrodermal sensors found during sleep, stress, and seizures.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Biofeedback, Psychology / methods
Functional Laterality
Galvanic Skin Response / physiology*
Humans
Neurosciences*
Seizures / physiopathology*
Seizures / therapy
Sleep / physiology*
Stress, Psychological / physiopathology*
Wearable Electronic Devices*