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The negative effects of self tracking on motivation is mentioned in section arguments against tracking.

The negative effects of self tracking on motivation is mentioned in section arguments against tracking.

==== Contribute your data to medical research. ====

==== Make a story from your life  ====

Variety of literature shows the validity of N-of-1 approaches.  

Storing important memories is the primary concern of [[Lifelogging]] movement. With the help of self tracking you can give your loved ones a better picture of yourself. Better stored memories improve reminiscing for fun, introspecting for wisdom, and reviewing your decisions for good planning. Even as pictures, Lifelogging is useful to the other goals here because it provides context for data.  

==== Lifelogging, Introspection ====

==== For Fun ====

Can be fun. Store important memories.

 

==== Contribute to medical research ====

Variety of literature shows the validity of N-of-1 approaches. For examples search google scholar for patient-led studies.<ref>https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=patient-led+study</ref> 12 self experimenters won Nobel prizes.<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3298919/</ref>

 

Epidemiological studies are much easier to conduct with digital tools. If continuous self tracking data is taken from multiple people it becomes a longitudinal study. These are more reliable than single slice observational studies like the ones most often used by diet papers. Unfortunately, mobile health companies that aggregate data from users rarely do it with real scientific goals in mind. Instead you should contribute that data to researchers through [[Open Humans]].

== Reasons Against and Problems ==

== Reasons Against and Problems ==