The measurable me: The influence of self-quantification on the online user's decision-making process

Proceedings - International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 131-137

  Sjöklint, Mimmi ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Cognitive processes; Decision making; Personal informatics; Pointification; Push and pull effect; Quantified self; Self quantification; Ubiquitous sensory devices; Wearable technology

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; ECONOMICS; METADATA; WEARABLE COMPUTERS; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; COGNITIVE PROCESS; PERSONAL INFORMATICS; POINTIFICATION; PULL EFFECT; QUANTIFIED SELF; SELF-QUANTIFICATION; UBIQUITOUS SENSORY DEVICES;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84907682393     PISSN: 15504816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2641248.2642737     Document Type: Conference Paper

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