Do emotions influence safe browsing? Toward an electroencephalography marker of affective responses to cybersecurity notifications
Cybersecurity notifications play an important role in encouraging users to use computers safely. Emotional reactions to such notifications are known to positively influence users’ adherence to these notifications, though it is challenging for researchers to identify and quantify users’ emotional rea...
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| author | Colin D. Conrad Jasmine R. Aziz Jonathon M. Henneberry Aaron J. Newman |
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| description | Cybersecurity notifications play an important role in encouraging users to use computers safely. Emotional reactions to such notifications are known to positively influence users’ adherence to these notifications, though it is challenging for researchers to identify and quantify users’ emotional reactions. In this study, we explored electroencephalography (EEG) signals that were elicited by the presentation of various emotionally charged image stimuli provided by the International Affective Picture System (IAPS) and compared signals to those elicited by images of cybersecurity notifications and other computer-related stimuli. Participants provided behavioral assessments of valence and arousal elicited by the images which were used to cross-reference the results. We found that EEG amplitudes corresponding to the late positive potential (LPP) were elevated in reaction to images of cybersecurity notifications as well as IAPS images known to elicit strong positive and negative valence, when compared to neutral valence or other computer-related stimuli. These findings suggest that the LPP may account for emotional deliberation about cybersecurity notifications, which could be a useful measure when conducting future studies into the role such emotional reactions play in encouraging safe computer behavior. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bfb7ed9702b24c6d8fa66c14992cfc122022-12-22T03:03:48ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neuroscience1662-453X2022-07-011610.3389/fnins.2022.922960922960Do emotions influence safe browsing? Toward an electroencephalography marker of affective responses to cybersecurity notificationsColin D. Conrad0Jasmine R. Aziz1Jonathon M. Henneberry2Aaron J. Newman3School of Information Management, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, CanadaDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, CanadaDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, CanadaDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, CanadaCybersecurity notifications play an important role in encouraging users to use computers safely. Emotional reactions to such notifications are known to positively influence users’ adherence to these notifications, though it is challenging for researchers to identify and quantify users’ emotional reactions. In this study, we explored electroencephalography (EEG) signals that were elicited by the presentation of various emotionally charged image stimuli provided by the International Affective Picture System (IAPS) and compared signals to those elicited by images of cybersecurity notifications and other computer-related stimuli. Participants provided behavioral assessments of valence and arousal elicited by the images which were used to cross-reference the results. We found that EEG amplitudes corresponding to the late positive potential (LPP) were elevated in reaction to images of cybersecurity notifications as well as IAPS images known to elicit strong positive and negative valence, when compared to neutral valence or other computer-related stimuli. These findings suggest that the LPP may account for emotional deliberation about cybersecurity notifications, which could be a useful measure when conducting future studies into the role such emotional reactions play in encouraging safe computer behavior.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2022.922960/fullsecurity warningsaffective processingdecision makingelectroencephalography (EEG)event-related potentials (ERP)late positive potential (LPP) |
| spellingShingle | Colin D. Conrad Jasmine R. Aziz Jonathon M. Henneberry Aaron J. Newman Do emotions influence safe browsing? Toward an electroencephalography marker of affective responses to cybersecurity notifications Frontiers in Neuroscience security warnings affective processing decision making electroencephalography (EEG) event-related potentials (ERP) late positive potential (LPP) |
| title | Do emotions influence safe browsing? Toward an electroencephalography marker of affective responses to cybersecurity notifications |
| title_full | Do emotions influence safe browsing? Toward an electroencephalography marker of affective responses to cybersecurity notifications |
| title_fullStr | Do emotions influence safe browsing? Toward an electroencephalography marker of affective responses to cybersecurity notifications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Do emotions influence safe browsing? Toward an electroencephalography marker of affective responses to cybersecurity notifications |
| title_short | Do emotions influence safe browsing? Toward an electroencephalography marker of affective responses to cybersecurity notifications |
| title_sort | do emotions influence safe browsing toward an electroencephalography marker of affective responses to cybersecurity notifications |
| topic | security warnings affective processing decision making electroencephalography (EEG) event-related potentials (ERP) late positive potential (LPP) |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2022.922960/full |
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