Toward Psychoinformatics: Computer Science Meets Psychology
Joint Authors
Duke, Éilish
Markowetz, Alexander
Montag, Christian
Source
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-06-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The present paper provides insight into an emerging research discipline called Psychoinformatics.
In the context of Psychoinformatics, we emphasize the cooperation between the disciplines of psychology and computer science in handling large data sets derived from heavily used devices, such as smartphones or online social network sites, in order to shed light on a large number of psychological traits, including personality and mood.
New challenges await psychologists in light of the resulting “Big Data” sets, because classic psychological methods will only in part be able to analyze this data derived from ubiquitous mobile devices, as well as other everyday technologies.
As a consequence, psychologists must enrich their scientific methods through the inclusion of methods from informatics.
The paper provides a brief review of one area of this research field, dealing mainly with social networks and smartphones.
Moreover, we highlight how data derived from Psychoinformatics can be combined in a meaningful way with data from human neuroscience.
We close the paper with some observations of areas for future research and problems that require consideration within this new discipline.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Montag, Christian& Duke, Éilish& Markowetz, Alexander. 2016. Toward Psychoinformatics: Computer Science Meets Psychology. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Montag, Christian…[et al.]. Toward Psychoinformatics: Computer Science Meets Psychology. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Montag, Christian& Duke, Éilish& Markowetz, Alexander. Toward Psychoinformatics: Computer Science Meets Psychology. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-10.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1100096