{"title":"Impact of video-mediated online social presence and observance on cognitive performance.","authors":"Olga Sutskova, Atsushi Senju, T. Smith","doi":"10.1037/tmb0000023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000023","url":null,"abstract":"The onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has shifted most of the world toward remote working and education. As the world continues to embrace remote virtual communication in the post-COVID-19 era, it is crucial to investigate the impacts of online social copresence on cognitive performance. The present study investigated how the online videoconference presence of a virtual companion affects participants performance on cognitive relational-reasoning tasks. The companion was either present and attentive to the participant, present but nonattentive, or absent. We manipulated the agency of a virtual companion, who was either a real human, an avatar controlled by a human, or an artificial intelligence (AI)-controlled agent. We hypothesized that the mere presence of a virtual companion, and the observance of participants' performance, would influence participants' performance. The results were broadly in line with our hypothesis that a mere presence of a virtual companion improved cognitive performance irrespective of their agency. However, the direction of the results did not support our prediction. We did not find a systematic impact of observance on cognitive performance, not supporting our second hypothesis. Participants performed best overall with an AI-controlled agent, next best with an avatar and worst with a real-human companion. We also observed that participants performed more accurately when a virtual companion was present but nonattentive, and faster when a virtual companion observed the participants, compared to when the participants performed alone. We conclude that online videoconference presence with a virtual companion, regardless of observance, temporarily enhances cognitive performance, and discuss the implications of these findings. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)","PeriodicalId":74913,"journal":{"name":"Technology, mind, and behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43762901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supplemental Material for Impact of video-mediated online social presence and observance on cognitive performance.","authors":"Olga Sutskova, Atsushi Senju, T. Smith","doi":"10.1037/tmb0000023.supp","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000023.supp","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74913,"journal":{"name":"Technology, mind, and behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43964788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kathryn S. McCarthy, S. Crossley, K. Meyers, U. Boser, L. Allen, V. Chaudhri, Kevyn Collins-Thompson, S. D’Mello, M. de Choudhury, Kumar Garg, Ashok K. Goel, Kinnis Gosha, N. Heffernan, Mary Hooper, Elizabeth Hyman, Daniel C. Jarratt, Deena Khalil, René F. Kizilcec, Diane Litman, Agnes Malatinszky, Krista Marks, D. McNamara, Raphael Menko, C. Palermo, D. Porcaro, Rod D. Roscoe, Steve Shapiro, K. Thai, Anne M. Trumbore, C. White, Rhea Wong, Diyi Yang, Marcos Zampieri
{"title":"Toward more effective and equitable learning: Identifying barriers and solutions for the future of online education.","authors":"Kathryn S. McCarthy, S. Crossley, K. Meyers, U. Boser, L. Allen, V. Chaudhri, Kevyn Collins-Thompson, S. D’Mello, M. de Choudhury, Kumar Garg, Ashok K. Goel, Kinnis Gosha, N. Heffernan, Mary Hooper, Elizabeth Hyman, Daniel C. Jarratt, Deena Khalil, René F. Kizilcec, Diane Litman, Agnes Malatinszky, Krista Marks, D. McNamara, Raphael Menko, C. Palermo, D. Porcaro, Rod D. Roscoe, Steve Shapiro, K. Thai, Anne M. Trumbore, C. White, Rhea Wong, Diyi Yang, Marcos Zampieri","doi":"10.1037/tmb0000063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000063","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74913,"journal":{"name":"Technology, mind, and behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46838988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Learning engineering: A view on where the field is at, where it’s going, and the research needed.","authors":"R. Baker, U. Boser, Erica L. Snow","doi":"10.1037/tmb0000058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000058","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74913,"journal":{"name":"Technology, mind, and behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46696459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marijn Mado, G. Fauville, Hanseul Jun, Elise Most, C. Strang, J. Bailenson
{"title":"Accessibility of educational virtual reality for children during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Marijn Mado, G. Fauville, Hanseul Jun, Elise Most, C. Strang, J. Bailenson","doi":"10.1037/tmb0000066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000066","url":null,"abstract":"This article provides an exploratory inquiry into children's use of educational virtual reality (VR) at home, thereby complementing prior experimental research about the effects of VR on children. In order to assess the potentially innovative role that VR can play in remote instruction, this study collected data from parents and legal guardians reporting on their children's VR use at home during the first wave of the shelter-in-place measures resulting from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. From April to July 2020, parents and legal guardians who own VR devices participated in a survey (n = 311), longitudinal follow-up surveys (n = 60), and in-depth interviews (n = 20). The results indicate how VR can function as an innovative tool for socioemotional learning in a situation of remote instruction by (a) enhancing school materials and (b) sparking conversations about current affairs. Additionally, the results highlight two main barriers obstructing children's learning with VR. First, VR technology is gendered and may hinder the usage of both women and girls. Second, educational content is hard to find and lacks contextualizing complementary materials. With regard to the first barrier, the authors argue that the gender issue should be addressed in order to make VR more accessible to all children. This article addresses the second barrier by providing a database of educational VR applications. Ultimately, educational VR applications should be complemented with contextualizing materials to reach VR's potential as an innovative learning tool. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)","PeriodicalId":74913,"journal":{"name":"Technology, mind, and behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46283405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heather M. Maranges, Susan K. Chen, Ryan M. McManus
{"title":"Making the right turn: The association between political conservatism versus liberalism and attitudes toward automated vehicles over time.","authors":"Heather M. Maranges, Susan K. Chen, Ryan M. McManus","doi":"10.1037/tmb0000065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000065","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74913,"journal":{"name":"Technology, mind, and behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49662053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heather M. Maranges, Susan K. Chen, Ryan M. McManus
{"title":"Supplemental Material for Making the right turn: The association between political conservatism versus liberalism and attitudes toward automated vehicles over time.","authors":"Heather M. Maranges, Susan K. Chen, Ryan M. McManus","doi":"10.1037/tmb0000065.supp","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000065.supp","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74913,"journal":{"name":"Technology, mind, and behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46255356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sara Falcone, A. Brouwer, Ioana Cocu, K. Gijsbertse, D. Heylen, J. V. van Erp
{"title":"The relative contribution of five key perceptual cues and their interaction to the sense of embodiment.","authors":"Sara Falcone, A. Brouwer, Ioana Cocu, K. Gijsbertse, D. Heylen, J. V. van Erp","doi":"10.1037/tmb0000068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000068","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74913,"journal":{"name":"Technology, mind, and behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48217758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of digital channels in predicting objective and subjective negotiation outcomes.","authors":"Roshni Raveendhran, Tami Kim, J. Ryu","doi":"10.1037/tmb0000060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000060","url":null,"abstract":"Today's hiring and workplace communications are increasingly occurring in the digital space, a trend accelerated by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In two preregistered experiments and an internal meta-analysis, we test the subjective and objective impact of two digital channels-video and synchronous text-that are popularly used in today's workplace contexts. In doing so, we isolate the role that richness of digital channels plays in influencing negotiation outcomes while holding synchrony constant. Specifically, we predicted that negotiating via video (vs. synchronous text) will foster better integrative outcomes and improve negotiators' subjective outcomes. Results indicated that negotiating via video, compared to synchronous text, improved subjective outcomes such as satisfaction with the negotiation process, satisfaction with negotiation outcomes, favorable impressions about one's negotiation partner, and willingness to negotiate with the same partner again in the future. Contrary to our predictions, we did not observe significant improvements in objective negotiation outcomes (i.e., integrative outcomes) as a result of negotiating via video (vs. synchronous text), suggesting the possibility that the influence of digital channels on negotiations is primarily perceptual. We discuss implications of our findings for research on negotiations, the psychology of technology, and the future of work. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)","PeriodicalId":74913,"journal":{"name":"Technology, mind, and behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47667227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supplemental Material for The role of digital channels in predicting objective and subjective negotiation outcomes.","authors":"Roshni Raveendhran, Tami Kim, J. Ryu","doi":"10.1037/tmb0000060.supp","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000060.supp","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74913,"journal":{"name":"Technology, mind, and behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44997236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}