What Our Swiping Can Tell Us About Our Decision Making

What Our Swiping Can Tell Us About Our Decision Making

Every time you swipe or tap on your smartphone—checking email, shopping online, or scrolling social media—you leave behind clues about how your brain works. A new study from the University of Alberta shows that these everyday actions can reveal insights about decision-making, using the same kind of data that labs collect with specialized equipment. This discovery could transform how researchers study human behavior. Instead of bringing a handful…