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Psychology professor gives class FitBits to teach curriculum

Psychology professor gives class FitBits to teach curriculum

While most students bring their assignments back home in a notebook, some are wearing their classwork on their wrists. For his Statistical Methods in Psychological Science course, Gregory Samanez-Larkin, assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience, has distributed FitBit devices to each student for the duration of the semester. Data collected from the devices—which track the wearer's physical activity—will be utilized as a part of the class's curriculum.