How Noise Can Influence Experience-Based Decision-Making under Different Types of the Provided Information

Youyu Sheng, Di Dong, Gang He and Jingyu Zhang ()
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Youyu Sheng: CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing 100000, China
Di Dong: CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing 100000, China
Gang He: Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd., Chongqing 400000, China
Jingyu Zhang: CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing 100000, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 16, 1-13

Abstract: Pervasive noise undermines many cognitive processes. Across two studies, we examined how noise influences experience-based decision-making and whether the nature of the information provided moderates this influence. Study 1 used the repeated choice paradigm and found that noise can significantly reduce people’s performance in experience-based decision-making by increasing the likelihood of choosing the option with the lower expected value. This negative influence can be attenuated when experience-congruent suggestions are provided, but significantly worsened when experience-incongruent suggestions are provided. Study 2 investigated how noise influences decision-making performance in two experience-incongruent conditions differing in error salience. By replicating noise’s general negative effect, we found that the noise effect could be attenuated when incongruent suggestions were obvious. We suggest that noise can undermine the information updating and integration process, which is necessary for experience-based decision-making. We also discuss the principles for designing better information aids based on these findings.

Keywords: noise; experienced-based decision-making; experience-congruent suggestion; experience-incongruent suggestion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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