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tappigraphy

tappigraphy noun: the analysis of tapping, scrolling and other interactions with a smartphone.

Noun

tappigraphy (uncountable)

  1. The analysis of tapping, scrolling and other interactions with a smartphone.
    • We compared two standard methods used to estimate sleep with that of a new tappigraphy-based algorithm based on the gaps in smartphone usage. Pooling all of the measurements together (by concatenating the sleep-related estimates obtained from each participant), we found strong correlations between...2019 July 29, Jay N. Borger, Reto Huber, Arko Ghosh, “Capturing Sleep–Wake Cycles by Using Day-to-Day Smartphone Touchscreen Interactions”, in NPJ Digital Medicine, volume 2, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN...
    • Tappigraphy has also uncovered associations between sleep patterns and mental health.2021 June 2, Stijn A. A. Massar, Xin Yu Chua, Chun Siong Soon, Alyssa S. C. Ng, Ju Lynn Ong, Nicholas I. Y. N. Chee, Tih Shih Lee, Arko Ghosh, Michael W. L. Chee, “Trait-like Nocturnal Sleep Behavior...

Examples of tappigraphy in a sentence

  • We compared two standard methods used to estimate sleep with that of a new tappigraphy-based algorithm based on the gaps in smartphone usage.2019 July 29, Jay N. Borger, Reto Huber, Arko Ghosh, “Capturing Sleep–Wake Cycles by Using Day-to-Day Smartphone Touchscreen Interactions”...
  • This year Ghosh published a small clinical study of people with epilepsy that shows how subtle changes in smartphone tappigraphy alone could be used to infer abnormalities in their brainwaves.2021 November 1, Zoë Corbyn, “The Dawn of Tappigraphy: Does Your Smartphone Know How You Feel Before You Do?”, in The Observer, London:

Origin of tappigraphy

From tap + -i- + -graphy. Coined by Anna Kutschireiter circa 2019.

Questions about tappigraphy

What does tappigraphy mean?
Tappigraphy means the analysis of tapping, scrolling and other interactions with a smartphone.
How do you use tappigraphy in a sentence?
We compared two standard methods used to estimate sleep with that of a new tappigraphy-based algorithm based on the gaps in smartphone usage.
What part of speech is tappigraphy?
Tappigraphy is a noun.

Words near tappigraphy in the dictionary

  1. tappiced
  2. tappices
  3. tappicing
  4. tappied
  5. tappies
  6. tappigraphy
  7. Tappin
  8. tappin'
  9. tapping
  10. tapping in
  11. tapping into

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