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...main problems in psychological research is that it is hard for researchers to be unobtrusive observers,” Wang said. “The EAR (short for Electronically Activated Recorder), which looks like a PDA, randomly records audio snippets of your day without your knowing...
...participants—who are regular smokers—consented to wearing the device, which captures two and a half minute clips every hour. Before returning the EAR to the researchers, participants had the option of deleting any recordings they didn’t want heard, Wang said. The audio files were then transcribed and coded to determine any common themes in participants’ conversations, locations, and activities related to smoking...
...tested the EAR device by wearing it around the lab,” Wang said. “After a few hours, you forget that it is there and go about your day normally...
Jamison, whose research involves the use of text messages in preventing smoking, led a second part to the study. By sending participants motivational and informational text messages at the beginning of each recording period, he said, the researchers could use the EAR to hear initial reactions and feedback...
...explosions. But last week's bomb attack - the deadliest in years - has deepened the anguish of war-weary Kandaharis living in the shadow of rising violence. A cluster of vehicle bombs ripped through a central area of Kandahar, killing 43 and injuring 65, nearly all of them civilians. The ear-piercing explosions sent shock waves through the city, smashing windows miles away from the bombing site and leaving broken shards of glass and mangled remains of cars strewn on the streets. Heaps of rubble and smoldering debris lay amid dozens of damaged buildings, now resembling more the ruins...