(ongoing and actively in-process)

We are working to design empirical studies to study self-shaping. We are concerned primarily with self-shaping wearable technologies.

Our first study concerns the interaction of two variables: feedback and user-configuration. The domain is nutrition. Specifically, food consumption. We are interested in participants who are motivated to reduce food consumption but find their existing techniques are not robust.

Our current design is a 2x2 experimental study design with two variables: feedback and user-configuration. "Feedback" here refers to feedback about the behavior, not feedback about their consumption habits.  In this case, the feedback refers to how often they actually wear the device in question (i.e. not how much they've eaten). "User-configuration" refers to the ability for the user 

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Another inquiry is to develop a kind of taxonomy of self-shaping techniques.  This page is under construction.

One class of shapings seems to be one-time, big decisions. Like buying a dog such that you have to take a walk daily.

Others are repetitive.

Others r based on feedback no?