The effects of explanations on automation bias

Synopsis

Across the Coloured Trails game and a simulated radiology task, explanations did not reduce automation bias and sometimes increased it, although they cut completion time and often improved accuracy; benefits were highly context-dependent.

Keywords

·explanations ·XAI ·automation bias ·Coloured Trails ·radiology task

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