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This '''List of interesting self-tracking results''' links to results of a self-tracking experiments that are both non-obvious and (at least potentially) actionable.
This '''List of interesting self-tracking results''' links to results of a self-tracking experiments that are both non-obvious and (at least potentially) actionable.
* Quitting Smoking Makes Me Cough Less
* Quitting Smoking Makes Me Cough Less
* Eating more fruits and vegetables makes me healthier
* Eating more fruits and vegetables makes me healthier
It should be noted that just about every [[:Category:Projects|Project]] has produced an actionable result for the individual self tracker (e.g. conventional wisdom testing, finding optimal doses) if not a new idea for humanity as a whole and are important and valid contributions to personal science.
It should be noted that just about every [[:Category:Projects|Project]] has produced an actionable result for the individual self tracker (e.g. conventional wisdom testing, finding optimal doses) if not a new idea for humanity as a whole and are important and valid contributions to personal science. Also check out Gary Wolf's blog.<ref>quantifiedself.com/blog/</ref>
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== The List ==
== The List ==
'''Allan Neuringer's''' '''-''' Self Experimentation 1981 paper<ref>quantifiedself.com/blog/self-experimentation/</ref> describes tens of experiments that he and his students performed. It also includes a summary of Altman's 1972 paper on Auto-Experimentation.<ref>10.1056/NEJM197202172860704</ref> " At least 185 investigators in four continents have served as subjects in 137 experiments over the last four centuries."
==== Nick Winter - [https://vimeo.com/45992149 A Lazy Man’s Approach to Cognitive Testing] ====
==== Nick Winter - [https://vimeo.com/45992149 A Lazy Man’s Approach to Cognitive Testing] ====
==== Seth Roberts - [https://wiki.openhumans.org/wiki/Why_is_My_Blood_Sugar_High%3F shows that walking 60 minutes per day improves his blood sugar.] ====
==== Seth Roberts - [https://wiki.openhumans.org/wiki/Why_is_My_Blood_Sugar_High%3F shows that walking 60 minutes per day improves his blood sugar.] ====
== Formal Scientific Papers ==
* "research from UC San Francisco that tested possible triggers of a common heart condition, including caffeine, sleep deprivation and sleeping on the left side, found that only alcohol use was consistently associated with more episodes of the heart arrhythmia."<ref>https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211124154126.htm</ref>
== Observational, Many variables ==
== Observational, Many variables ==
Most talks in [[:Category:Projects|Projects]] focus on a small section of possible variables to track and a few sturdy results, including those above. There are the "data dredging" or "fishing expedition" projects which try to track many different aspects of a person and give lots of little advice and can be very useful for exploratory work.
Most talks in [[:Category:Projects|Projects]] focus on a small section of possible variables to track and a few sturdy results, including those above. There are the "data dredging" or "fishing expedition" projects which try to track many different aspects of a person and give lots of little advice and can be very useful for exploratory work.
Examples of these types of proejcts are:
Examples of these types of projects are:
* The [https://dailyvis.com/posts/self-analysis-with-my-quantified-self-data/ DailyViz blog], which gives an example of finding all relevant correlations in a large, personal self-tracking data set. The blog post show the interactive analysis of their data with some surprising results. The notebook WAS [https://dailyvis.com/vis/compare/demo/ available].
* The [https://dailyvis.com/posts/self-analysis-with-my-quantified-self-data/ DailyViz blog], which gives an example of finding all relevant correlations in a large, personal self-tracking data set. The blog post show the interactive analysis of their data with some surprising results. The notebook WAS [https://dailyvis.com/vis/compare/demo/ available].
* A [https://old.reddit.com/r/QuantifiedSelf/comments/bf73ql/i_tracked_everything_i_ate_for_the_last_year/ reddit post on tracking every food item consumed over a year] and the lessons learned
* A [https://old.reddit.com/r/QuantifiedSelf/comments/bf73ql/i_tracked_everything_i_ate_for_the_last_year/ reddit post on tracking every food item consumed over a year] and the lessons learned
* Another [https://old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/v6cdht/oc_my_habit_correlations_updated_with_6_months_of/ reddit post of time and activity tracking correlation] over 6 months in the form of a graph.
* A [https://old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/r4upsc/oc_my_gf_and_i_tracked_the_effect_of_10_different/ post on the effect of 10 different interventions on sleep quality], done using the [[Bearable App]]
* A [https://old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/r4upsc/oc_my_gf_and_i_tracked_the_effect_of_10_different/ post on the effect of 10 different interventions on sleep quality], done using the [[Bearable App]]
* [[Felix Krause]] wrote his own [https://howisfelix.today/ aggregator & visualizer for a variety of data]. The source [https://github.com/KrauseFx/FxLifeSheet code is available]. <br />
* [[Felix Krause]] wrote his own [https://howisfelix.today/ aggregator & visualizer for a variety of data]. The source [https://github.com/KrauseFx/FxLifeSheet code is available]. <br />
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