Functional Activity Tracking (TRACK)

Group Leaders: Dr. Christina Röcke, Dr. Susan Mérillat, Prof. Dr. Mike Martin,
Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel

Group Members: Dr. Minxia Luo, Dr. Hoda Allahbakhshi, Changyu Han, M.Sc., Alexandra-Ioana Georgescu, M.Sc.

TRACK explores how social, cognitive, spatial, and physical activities interact in daily life and relate to situational opportunities and characteristics as well as interindividual differences in various health and personality indicators within and between younger and older adults. This allows TRACK ultimately to identify when and which individuals succeed or struggle to achieve meaningful actions, with the goal to translate this into contextualized and personally meaningful, actionable insights.

TRACK leverages unique multimodal and longitudinal data sets involving brain imaging to exposome data from diverse sensors to identify the pathways that support individuals in achieving valued goals (“Functional Ability” per WHO’s healthy ageing framework). Using advanced multiscale data augmentation and integration, and in partnership with the private sector, TRACK aims to drive innovation in activity detection, real-time feedback, and just-in-time adaptive decision support for personalized health monitoring and optimization.

Projects

Mobility, Activity and Social Interactions in the Lives of Healthy Older Adults (MOASIS)

Mapping real-life mobility and healthy aging: Longitudinal cohorts in Switzerland and Luxembourg (MAMBHA)

ZuriACT: Zurich accessible city

ZuReach: Zurich urban reachability & accessibility enhancement through digital technology

Selected Publications

Luo, M., Kim, E.-K., Weibel, R., Martin, M., & Röcke, C. (in press). Distance from home and working memory: Daily associations varying by neighborhood environments in community-dwelling older adults. European Journal of Ageing.

Neff, P., Demiray, B., Martin, M., & Röcke, C. (2024). Cognitive abilities predict naturalistic speech length in older adults. Scientific Reports, 14, 31031. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-82144-w

Luo, M., Moulder, R. G., Breitfelder, L. K., & Röcke, C. (2024). Activity diversity and well-being in daily life: Evidence for heterogeneity between older adults. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, gbae025.

Luo, M.; Moulder, R. G.; & Röcke, C. (2023). The short-term effects of activity engagement on working memory performance in older age. Psychology and Aging, 38(2):117-131.

Röcke, C.; Luo, M.; Bereuter, P.; Katana, M.; Fillekes, M.; Gehriger, V.; Sofios, A.; Martin, M.; & Weibel, R. (2023). Charting everyday activities in later life: Study protocol of the mobility, activity, and social interactions study (MOASIS). Frontiers in Psychology, 13:1011177.