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A Cloudy Future: Why We Don’t Trust Algorithms When They’re Almost Always Right
Researchers explore our preference for human skill and instinct over technologies that have proven themselves better than us at driving, performing surgery, and making hiring decisions.
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A Cloudy Future: Why We Don’t Trust Algorithms When They’re Almost Always Right
What explains our preference for human skill and instinct over technologies that have proven themselves better than us at driving, performing surgery, and making hiring decisions?
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New Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science
A sample of articles on training learning strategies, experience vividness and forms of consciousness, boredom and self-control, driverless vehicles and dilemmas, and the effects of childhood adversity.
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Experienced Drivers Keep Their Eyes on the Road Differently
It can take years for motorists to fully develop the cognitive processes required to navigate safely, including learning to scan a wider swath of the road ahead.
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Cannabis Users See Low Risk in Driving High
As marijuana restrictions loosen up, behavioral researchers are finding that some drivers believe driving under the influence of cannabis poses fewer risks than driving while drunk.
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Dreading Congestion Pricing? You Might Feel Differently After the Fact
While many motorists may oppose paying a fee to enter the city center now, drivers’ perceptions of the policy are likely to improve once it actually goes into effect.
