Experimental Conditions

In order to find the difference, one contrasts the case of the wearable with something else:
  • Do wearable computers help people keep appointments?

    How well do people keep appointments without wearables?

  • Do subliminal cues improve memory performance?

    How well do people do on the memory task without subliminal cues?

These contrasting cases are called "conditions". The one that involves a wearable might typically be considered the "experimental condition", and the other one would be called the "control condition".

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