Excerpt from a YouTube podcast (Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast Ep 349, March 30, 2016) in which speakers discuss the psychological effects of self-quantification devices (pedometers, sleep trackers). They report that some research found tracking can make exercise and sleep less enjoyable, note a polarized reaction on Facebook, and include a speaker’s personal adoption of sleep-tracking.
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And what they looked into was what effect that actually had on people, you know, people who are wearing things like pedometers and self quantification devices during exercise. And what they found was that in many cases, the people who are tracking steps and the people who are tracking sleep, they actually tended to find these activities less enjoyable. It seemed to actually turn exercise in some cases, and even sleep in some cases, into an experience that stressed people out.
It's interesting because this post created quite an uproar on Facebook between people who said that quantifying actually enhanced their life and others who said, I can totally see how that's the case.
Yeah, well, I have begun quantifying sleep and perhaps I'm not one of those people for whom.
Consistent biometric scanning creates issues, but I've actually enjoyed it quite a bit. I know you and I talked about on a previous podcast. So your husband Jake wakes up and one of the first things he does is rolls over and looks at how he slept that night. Right. And because I'm now using this new ring, it's a special ring with an internal computer on it, and it's called the Aur. Working on a big blog post right now about sleep quantification and what I've been experimenting with for everything from heart rate variability to this ring, I've actually been enjoying the process of rolling over in the morning and looking at sleep latency and sleep quality and sleep efficiency and readiness to tackle the day based on sleep. So for me, I like it. But at the same time, I. I find, for example, just yesterday experienced this on a bicycle ride.
