Does automation bias decision-making?

Synopsis

Classic experimental demonstration that participants using an imperfectly reliable automated decision aid commit both omission and commission errors, using automation as a heuristic replacement for vigilant information processing.

Keywords

·automation bias ·omission errors ·commission errors ·decision aid ·foundational

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