Cognitive differences and their impact on information perception: an empirical study combining survey and eye tracking data

Lisa Perkhofer; Horst Treiblmaier; Othmar M. Lehner; Elisabeth Grabmann

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-18702-0_18

Cognitive differences and their impact on information perception: an empirical study combining survey and eye tracking data

Lisa Perkhofer, Horst Treiblmaier, Othmar M. Lehner, Elisabeth Grabmann

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Abstract

Research shows that the quality of managerial decision making is dependent on both the availability and the interpretation of information. Visualizations are widely used to transform raw data into a more understandable format and to compress the constantly growing amount of information being produced. However, research in this area is highly fragmented and results are contradicting. A possible explanation for inconsistent results is the neglect of individual characteristics such as experience, working memory capacity, or cultural back-ground. We propose a preliminary model based on an extensive literature review on cognition theory that sheds light on potential individual antecedents of information processing efficiency. Our preliminary results based on eye tracking, automated span tasks, as well as survey data show that domain expertise, spatial ability and long term orientation exert a significant influence on this cognitive construct.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation
Publisher	Springer
Pages	137-144
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-18701-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18702-0_18
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015
Event	Gmunden Retreat on NeuroIS 2015 - Gmunden, Austria, Austria Duration: 1 Jun 2015 → 3 Jun 2015 http://neurois.org

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation
Volume	10
ISSN (Print)	2195-4968
ISSN (Electronic)	2195-4976

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Conference	Gmunden Retreat on NeuroIS 2015
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Gmunden, Austria
Period	01.06.2015 → 03.06.2015
Internet address	http://neurois.org

Keywords

information visualization
information perception
cognitive fit
decision making
information processing efficiency
Information visualization
Decision making
Information perception
Information processing efficiency
Cognitive fit

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Perkhofer, L., Treiblmaier, H., Lehner, O. M., & Grabmann, E. (2015). Cognitive differences and their impact on information perception: an empirical study combining survey and eye tracking data. In Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation (pp. 137-144). (Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation; Vol. 10). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18702-0_18

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Cognitive differences and their impact on information perception: an empirical study combining survey and eye tracking data. / Perkhofer, Lisa; Treiblmaier, Horst; Lehner, Othmar M. et al.
Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation. Springer, 2015. p. 137-144 (Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation; Vol. 10).

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