Mitigating bias blind spot via a serious video game

Bessarabova, Elena; Piercy, Cameron W.; King, Shawn; Vincent, Cindy; Dunbar, Norah E.; Burgoon, Judee K.; Miller, Claude H.; Jensen, Matthew L.; Elkins, Aaron; Wilson, David W.; Wilson, Scott; Lee, Yu-Hao

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2016.03.089

Cited by 27 publications

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“…The article on retention by Bessarabova et al (2016) investigated the effectiveness of the MACBETH debiasing game played either once or twice for 30 or 60 min, either without (implicit condition) or with (hybrid condition) explicit feedback on biases and a control condition in which a bias training video was presented. The game and video both aimed to mitigate the bias blind spot.…”

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Retention and Transfer of Cognitive Bias Mitigation Interventions: A Systematic Literature Study

2021

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Cognitive biases can adversely affect human judgment and decision making and should therefore preferably be mitigated, so that we can achieve our goals as effectively as possible. Hence, numerous bias mitigation interventions have been developed and evaluated. However, to be effective in practical situations beyond laboratory conditions, the bias mitigation effects of these interventions should be retained over time and should transfer across contexts. This systematic review provides an overview of the literature on retention and transfer of bias mitigation interventions. A systematic search yielded 52 studies that were eligible for screening. At the end of the selection process, only 12 peer-reviewed studies remained that adequately studied retention over a period of at least 14 days (all 12 studies) or transfer to different tasks and contexts (one study). Eleven of the relevant studies investigated the effects of bias mitigation training using game- or video-based interventions. These 11 studies showed considerable overlap regarding the biases studied, kinds of interventions, and decision-making domains. Most of them indicated that gaming interventions were effective after the retention interval and that games were more effective than video interventions. The study that investigated transfer of bias mitigation training (next to retention) found indications of transfer across contexts. To be effective in practical circumstances, achieved effects of cognitive training should lead to enduring changes in the decision maker's behavior and should generalize toward other task domains or training contexts. Given the small number of overlapping studies, our main conclusion is that there is currently insufficient evidence that bias mitigation interventions will substantially help people to make better decisions in real life conditions. This is in line with recent theoretical insights about the “hard-wired” neural and evolutionary origin of cognitive biases.

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Retention and Transfer of Cognitive Bias Mitigation Interventions: A Systematic Literature Study

2021

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“…The research team drew from the Heuristic-Systematic Model [21] and other dualsystem models of information processing [22] to understand how biases are the result of heuristics used by decision-makers. Additional literature relating to specific biases was used to develop game mechanisms that addressed various types of bias [1,23]. For example, prior research suggested potential interventions that might improve the systematic processing of game players by encouraging them to seek disconfirming information and question their assumptions [24].…”

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“…For example, prior research suggested potential interventions that might improve the systematic processing of game players by encouraging them to seek disconfirming information and question their assumptions [24]. Further, pre-and post-test measures targeting each of these biases were derived from prior literature, and were combined with additional measures created specifically for the MACBETH project [1,23].…”

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Serious Games: An Evaluation Framework and Case Study

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2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)

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Serious games show promise as an effective training method, but such games are complex and few guidelines exist for their effective evaluation. We draw on the design science literature to develop a serious game evaluation framework that emphasizes grounding evaluation in each of four key areastheoretical, technical, empirical, and external. We further recommend that serious game developers assume an iterative, adaptive approach to grounding an evaluation effort in these four areas, emphasizing some areas more than others at different stages of the development cycle. We illustrate our framework using a case study of a large-scale serious game development project. The case study illustrates a holistic approach to serious game evaluation that is valuable to both researchers and practitioners.

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“…We argue that digital games are effective training tools for mitigating bias and improving professional decision-making because of their ability to simulate real-world problems while providing tailored, individual feedback to players (Dunbar et al, 2018;Dunbar et al, 2014;Lee et al, 2016;Bessarabova et al, 2016). Below we list some reasons for adopting digital games in professional training.…”

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Persuasive Gaming in Context

2021

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This chapter offers a multifaceted reflection on persuasive gaming divided into three pillars: persuasiveness, design, and validation. The first section on persuasiveness is a critical review of previous and current persuasive gaming theory and analysis. It argues that the contemporary gaming landscape needs to expand theoretically and presents a multidimensional persuasive approach as one way in which this can be done. The following section on the design of persuasive games looks at research on design principles, which are the defining characteristics of persuasive games. The final section on validation discusses existing studies on the effects of persuasive games and the case-based assessment of the impact of new games.

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Mitigating bias blind spot via a serious video game

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Cited by 27 publications

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Retention and Transfer of Cognitive Bias Mitigation Interventions: A Systematic Literature Study

Retention and Transfer of Cognitive Bias Mitigation Interventions: A Systematic Literature Study

Serious Games: An Evaluation Framework and Case Study

Persuasive Gaming in Context

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