Uploaded March 2014 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Eric Horvitz of Microsoft Research speaks about how large-scale data analyses generate insights about people's mood, goals, intentions, health, and well-being. His lab has used Twitter, other social media, and web searches to various issues, including postpartum depression and "cyberchondria", He delivered the talk on Feb. 13, 2014, to kick off the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) conference in Austin, TX. Introduction is by James Pennebaker of the University of Texas, Austin, and SPSP President.

Read more at: spspblog.org/big-data-revolution and
spsp.org/?PressRelease_13Feb14