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A researcher brushes a participant’s forearm slowly and asks whether the stroke was pleasant. The participant gives it a high score. What has been…
How to test humanlike attributions to technology without treating them as proof of a machine mind.
How automation bias is measured through commission and omission tasks, and why agreement, task difficulty and workflow confounds matter.
An automated system recommends a route around a hazard. The screen displays a confidence number and a paragraph explaining the recommendation. A user…
How baroreflex sensitivity estimates differ across pressure challenges, spontaneous tasks and analysis methods.
A listener hears a song, notices a regular pulse, and can tell when a click falls between its beats. Yet the same listener may struggle to tap steadily…
A soft brush travels along a person’s forearm at a speed often described as pleasant. The person rates the touch highly. Has the study measured the…
How to measure calibrated trust in AI using questionnaires, case-level reliance and decision outcomes without confusing attitude with action.
A pianist learns a twelve-note phrase. At first, every note seems to require a separate decision. Later, the hands move through the phrase in a few…
A colleague says a decision in a meeting was unfair. You understand why she would see it that way, although you do not feel her anger and may disagree…