TY - JOUR
T1 - Remembering through lifelogging
T2 - A survey of human memory augmentation
AU - Harvey, Morgan
AU - Langheinrich, Marc
AU - Ward, Geoff
PY - 2016/4/1
Y1 - 2016/4/1
N2 - Human memory is unquestionably a vital cognitive ability but one that can often be unreliable. External memory aids such as diaries, photos, alarms and calendars are often employed to assist in remembering important events in our past and future. The recent trend for lifelogging, continuously documenting ones life through wearable sensors and cameras, presents a clear opportunity to augment human memory beyond simple reminders and actually improve its capacity to remember. This article surveys work from the fields of computer science and psychology to understand the potential for such augmentation, the technologies necessary for realising this opportunity and to investigate what the possible benefits and ethical pitfalls of using such technology might be.
AB - Human memory is unquestionably a vital cognitive ability but one that can often be unreliable. External memory aids such as diaries, photos, alarms and calendars are often employed to assist in remembering important events in our past and future. The recent trend for lifelogging, continuously documenting ones life through wearable sensors and cameras, presents a clear opportunity to augment human memory beyond simple reminders and actually improve its capacity to remember. This article surveys work from the fields of computer science and psychology to understand the potential for such augmentation, the technologies necessary for realising this opportunity and to investigate what the possible benefits and ethical pitfalls of using such technology might be.
KW - Lifelogging
KW - Augmented human memory
KW - Personal life archives
U2 - 10.1016/j.pmcj.2015.12.002
DO - 10.1016/j.pmcj.2015.12.002
M3 - Article
VL - 27
SP - 14
EP - 26
JO - Pervasive and Mobile Computing
JF - Pervasive and Mobile Computing
SN - 1574-1192
ER -