How information processing style shapes people's algorithm adoption

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Ke Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Processing Style ◽  
Perceived Importance ◽  
Person Judgment

Across four studies I tested why people are averse to relying on algorithmic judgments in person judgment tasks (e. g., student admissions), and examined how such aversions can be attenuated. I proposed that people tend to focus more on case-specific information (vs. general propositions) in person-judgment tasks, and that algorithms (vs. human experts) are believed to be skilled at addressing general propositions (vs. case-specific information). Thus, I posited that in person-judgment tasks, people would be less averse to relying on algorithmic judgments when they focus more on general propositions (vs. case-specific information). By varying the perceived importance of case-specific information and general propositions, the research provides support for these hypotheses. In addition, the results reveal the mechanism underlying algorithm aversion in person judgments and provide a cost-effective way to increase consumers' algorithm adoption.

Means-end analysis: Does the affective state influence information processing style?

2004 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 715-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Huber ◽  
Suzanne C. Beckmann ◽  
Andreas Herrmann
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Affective State ◽  
Processing Style

scholarly journals Alpha/beta power decreases track the fidelity of stimulus-specific information

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin J. Griffiths ◽  
Stephen D. Mayhew ◽  
Karen J. Mullinger ◽  
João Jorge ◽  
Ian Charest ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Memory Retrieval ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Memory Task ◽  
Significant Negative Correlation ◽  
Neuronal Firing ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Beta Power ◽  
Alpha Beta ◽  
Task Irrelevant

AbstractMassed synchronised neuronal firing is detrimental to information processing. When networks of task-irrelevant neurons fire in unison, they mask the signal generated by task-critical neurons. On a macroscopic level, mass synchronisation of these neurons can contribute to the ubiquitous alpha/beta (8-30Hz) oscillations. Reductions in the amplitude of these oscillations, therefore, may reflect a boost in the processing of high-fidelity information within the cortex. Here, we test this hypothesis. Twenty-one participants completed an associative memory task while undergoing simultaneous EEG-fMRI recordings. Using representational similarity analysis, we quantified the amount of stimulus-specific information represented within the BOLD signal on every trial. When correlating this metric with concurrently-recorded alpha/beta power, we found a significant negative correlation which indicated that as alpha/beta power decreased, our metric of stimulus-specific information increased. This effect generalised across cognitive tasks, as the negative relationship could be observed during visual perception and episodic memory retrieval. Further analysis revealed that this effect could be better explained by alpha/beta power decreases providing favourable conditions for information processing, rather than directly representing stimulus-specific information. Together, these results indicate that alpha/beta power decreases parametrically track the fidelity of both externally-presented and internally-generated stimulus-specific information represented within the cortex.

scholarly journals Use of Targeted Amplicon Sequencing in Peanut to Generate Allele Information on Allotetraploid Sub-Genomes

Genes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1220
Author(s):  
Roshan Kulkarni ◽  
Ratan Chopra ◽  
Jennifer Chagoya ◽  
Charles E. Simpson ◽  
Michael R. Baring ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effective ◽  
Amplicon Sequencing ◽  
Routine Practice ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Illumina Hiseq ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Polymorphic Snps ◽  
Cost Effective Approach ◽  
A Genome ◽  
The Cost

The use of molecular markers in plant breeding has become a routine practice, but the cost per accession can be a hindrance to the routine use of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) identification in breeding programs. In this study, we demonstrate the use of targeted re-sequencing as a proof of concept of a cost-effective approach to retrieve highly informative allele information, as well as develop a bioinformatics strategy to capture the genome-specific information of a polyploid species. SNPs were identified from alignment of raw transcriptome reads (2 × 50 bp) to a synthetic tetraploid genome using BWA followed by a GATK pipeline. Regions containing high polymorphic SNPs in both A genome and B genomes were selected as targets for the resequencing study. Targets were amplified using multiplex PCR followed by sequencing on an Illumina HiSeq. Eighty-one percent of the SNP calls in diploids and 68% of the SNP calls in tetraploids were confirmed. These results were also confirmed by KASP validation. Based on this study, we find that targeted resequencing technologies have potential for obtaining maximum allele information in allopolyploids at reduced cost.

scholarly journals Life Management Strategies as Mediators Between Information Processing Style and Subjective Well-Being

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824402096280
Author(s):  
Maysam Shirzadifard ◽  
Ehsan Shahghasemi ◽  
Elaheh Hejazi ◽  
Shima Aminipour
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Processing Style ◽  
Processing Styles ◽  
Life Management

This study investigates the mediating role of life management strategies to see how information processing styles indirectly influence subjective well-being. Participants were 440 university students (female = 202, male = 238) ranging in age from 18 to 50 years from all levels and all majors from universities in Quchan, Iran. In a nonexperimental design and by using path analysis, we found that selection, optimization, and compensation fully mediated the relationship between information processing styles and subjective well-being. Our proposed model fitted well to the data and could account for a significant proportion of variance in satisfaction with life, positive affects, and negative affects’ scores (42%, 51%, and 35%, respectively). These results provide empirical evidence that rational information processing style is a defining factor for planning, and its impact on subjective indicators of well-being operates indirectly and through life management strategies. This model, with a more active approach, has implications for both theory and practice in psychotherapy.

Selective Effects of Physical Exercise on Choice Reaction Processes

1998 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
René Arcelin ◽  
Didier Delignieres ◽  
Jeanick Brisswalter
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Aerobic Power ◽  
Reaction Times ◽  
Bicycle Ergometer ◽  
Moderate Intensity ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Stimulus Response ◽  
Time Uncertainty ◽  
Reaction Processes ◽  
Processing Mechanisms

The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of an exercise of moderate intensity (60% of maximal aerobic power) on specific information-processing mechanisms. 22 students completed 3 10-min. exercise bouts on a bicycle ergometer. Concomitantly, participants performed six manual choice-reaction tasks manipulating task variables (Signal Intensity, Stimulus–Response Compatibility, and Time Uncertainty) on two levels. Reaction tests, randomly ordered, were administered at rest and during exercise. A significant underadditive interaction between Time Uncertainty and exercise was found for the highest quartiles of the distribution of reaction times. No other interaction effects were obtained for the other variables. These results reasonably support that moderate aerobic exercise showed selective rather than general influences on information processing.

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