Mind Window

The University of Arizona

About this app

Do you ever wonder if there is some rhyme or reason to how you think? How often are your thoughts focused on troubling topics, the past, the future, or memories and imaginative thinking? Mind Window helps you to track the way that you uniquely think and discover how these patterns of thought may affect your well-being.

Mind Window is part of a scientific research project, developed at the University of Arizona, to develop a large international database of thoughts in daily life. The purpose of this app is to identify patterns of thought by asking questions about user’s thoughts at random moments throughout their day-to-day life.

FEATURES:

- Allows you to help develop an international research database of patterns of thought

- Check-ins provide a convenient reminder so that you can track your thoughts throughout the day

- Statistics:
- Let you discover what kinds of thoughts are commonly on your mind
- Learn about the patterns of thought you have
- Receive feedback that helps you identify how your thinking may impact your well-being
- Explore changes in thought patterns over time

- Customization:
- Choose an assistant to serve as your guide while using the app
- Explore results by day, week, month, or all times

- Using Mind Window will allow you the opportunity to participate in upcoming and collaborative research in psychology, genetics, and neuroscience.


*** Please note that Mind Window is a tool for use in scientific research. Users must be at least 18 years of age and fluent in English. An Institutional Review Board responsible for human subjects research at The University of Arizona reviewed this research project and found it to be acceptable, according to applicable state and federal regulations and University policies designed to protect the rights and welfare of participants in research.

Ratings and reviews

Is your study done? May I uninstall the app now? The last four or so times I got a notification and clicked on it right away the app said there are no questions right now... when I literally just got a notification asking me to participate in what I was thinking about. I was actually excited to share but it wouldn't let me.

Helping to study the brain and helping with studies on dementia is easy and can be fun.

A great idea and I'm thrilled to help with the research! The app needs a little work though. When a notification pops up you have 10 minutes to respond to it. When I tap the notification within that time window, on half of the occasions it will tell me that I missed it, even though I was in the 10 minute window. I hope that you can smooth this out so that your research is meaningful and accurate!

What’s new

A new optional survey was added and some internal changes were made. See the news page at www.mindwindowapp.com for complete details.