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.