Posts Tagged ‘memory’
Society & Culture - Monday, March 8, 2010 16:44 - 0 Comments
Is your computer calling the shots?
“Many problems in how we make decisions have been attributed to limitations in how we memorise and process information, and computers are often used to overcome these restrictions,” John Maule says. “But because many computer systems have been developed without a full understanding of how people actually think, computers can lead people to make bad decisions. (Courtesy: iStockphoto)
U. LEEDS (UK)—People who use computers to help them make good decisions are often unwittingly being led by technology into making bad ones. Continue…
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