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Do people experience cognitive biases while searching for information?

Annie Y S Lau1, Enrico W Coiera

  • 1Centre for Health Informatics, University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney NSW 2052, Australia.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
|June 30, 2007
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Cognitive biases like anchoring and exposure significantly impact decision-making during online information searches. These biases can affect the quality of judgments made after using information retrieval systems.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Information Science
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Information retrieval systems are widely used for decision-making.
  • Cognitive biases can influence judgment and decision-making processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the presence and impact of cognitive biases during online information searches.
  • To examine anchoring, order, exposure, and reinforcement biases in information retrieval.

Main Methods:

  • A retrospective analysis of 75 clinicians and a prospective experiment with 227 undergraduate students were conducted.
  • Participants searched for information to answer clinical and consumer health questions.
  • Likelihood ratios and concurrence rates were used to measure the impact of evidence on decisions.

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Main Results:

  • Anchoring bias significantly impacted post-search answers in both studies (P < 0.001).
  • Order and exposure biases influenced decisions in the prospective study (P < 0.05) but not the retrospective analysis.
  • Reinforcement bias did not show statistically significant differences in decision outcomes.

Conclusions:

  • Individuals experience anchoring, order, and exposure biases when searching for information online.
  • These cognitive biases can affect the quality of decision-making during and after using information retrieval systems.