Using Twitter to predict the influence of lifestyle on health (w/ video)

Friday, February 8, 2013 - 04:03 in Psychology & Sociology

(Phys.org)—Researchers at the University of Rochester showed last year how Twitter can be used to predict how likely it is for a Twitter user to become sick. They have now used Twitter to model how other factors – social status, exposure to pollution, interpersonal interaction and others – influence health.

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