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25 July 2019
Could a smartwatch make you smarter?Zinkevych/Getty
By Donna LuExams can cause a racing heart or sweaty palms for the best of us, but a simple smartwatch app could help alleviate some of the stress. The app produces a slow soothing tapping that seems to help people perform better in situations filled with anxiety.
Jean Costa and colleagues at Cornell University in the US created an app that reacts to people’s heart rates by producing a light tapping on the inner wrist of the smartwatch wearer. They tested the app, called BoostMeUp, on 72 college students who were …
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