부산대학교 도서관

In this study, we investigated whether simply inserting one second at the beginning of a question enhanced allocations of cognitive resources and then improved people’s accuracy of judgments in decision-making tasks. In behavioral experiments using a binary-choice perceptual judgment task, participants could respond a question only after one second. During tasks, we recorded participants’ mouse trajectories. In data analyses, we compared the data obtained from the current experiments with one-second waiting time with the data from our previous experiments without waiting time. Our analyses based on response times, responses (correct/false), and mouse trajectories suggested that a simple intervention such as inserting one second could inhibit participants’ impulsivity and could improve their judgmental accuracy. Our approaches, the way of intervention (waiting one second) and investigations of its effects (using only a PC and mouse), are easily implemented and therefore may have potentials of applicability to various fields outside laboratories.