{"id":172281,"date":"2023-09-18T18:24:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T23:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/the-science-behind-apples-state-of-mind-feature-explained-by-a-psychologist"},"modified":"2023-09-18T18:24:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T23:24:36","slug":"the-science-behind-apples-state-of-mind-feature-explained-by-a-psychologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/the-science-behind-apples-state-of-mind-feature-explained-by-a-psychologist","title":{"rendered":"The Science Behind Apple\u2019s \u2018State Of Mind\u2019 Feature, Explained By A Psychologist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/the-science-behind-apples-state-of-mind-feature-explained-by-a-psychologist2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s new \u201cState of Mind\u201d feature in the Health app is more than a tech update; it\u2019s Apple\u2019s foray into helping us understand our emotions. Beyond tracking physical activity with the Apple Watch, the company is now capturing our moods. This, combined with insights from a new Journal app (which Apple says will be woven into our life\u2019s events and multimedia tapestry), aims to give a full picture of our daily experiences, both in body and mind.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how Apple envisions this feature will play out in real life.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine a vacation in an unfamiliar city. At the start of your day, the Health app prompts you to record your mood. You describe it as \u201cVery Pleasant\u201d and indicate to the app that\u2026 More.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Armed with iOS 17 and watchOS 10, iPhone 15 and a number of other Apple devices may soon be able to track your mood. Could this set off the next big trend in mental health support?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple\u2019s new \u201cState of Mind\u201d feature in the Health app is more than a tech update; it\u2019s Apple\u2019s foray into helping us understand our emotions. Beyond tracking physical activity with the Apple Watch, the company is now capturing our moods. This, combined with insights from a new Journal app (which Apple says will be woven [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1495,1512,47,224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-mobile-phones","category-neuroscience","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}