Detecting Depression From How (Not What) You Browse 163
New submitter FreedomFirstThenPeac writes "Apparently we can diagnose you as depressed if the mechanics of your internet use fit certain patterns. By using a cleverly embedded questionnaire that classifies the subject as depressed, and by using existing net usage data collection to collect features (variables), researchers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology were able to correctly predict the diagnoses of the questionnaire using the net usage data (PDF). I wonder if this could be a new Firefox plug-in, designed to help parents detect depression in their adolescents by tracking the mechanics (not the sites) and automatically emailing them if their ward is showing increasing signs of depression."
#1 Indicator? (Score:4, Funny)
Reloading messages.pl more than once an hour...
Also (Score:5, Funny)
I've noticed a correlation between getting depressed and reading dupes [slashdot.org].
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I don't usually reply to gweihir (88907) either. So there.
Re:Wow, what a remarkably BAD idea (Score:3, Funny)
You have to remember to beat them too.