ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 14 -- The University of Texas at Arlington issued the following news release:
Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington are developing a new way to measure stress in real time, combining smartphone surveys, wearable technology and laboratory testing to better understand how everyday experiences affect the body and potentially impact heart health.
"A lot of studies have investigated the relationship between stress experiences and cardiovascular risk. But most focus on either lifetime exposure to stressful events or a person's recall of their usual exposure," said Yue Liao, an associate professor of kinesiology who is leading the study. "New measures are needed to better capture people's daily experiences, w...