Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences | 2019

Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychophysiology in the Digital Economy Minitrack

Randall Minas University of Hawaii at Manoa [email protected]

Individual cognition plays an integral role in our use of these methodologies in IS by bringing together interactions with the Internet and the Digital Economy. researchers to share their work and insights. Over the past decade, tools from psychophysiology and This minitrack calls for insightful papers examining cognitive neuroscience have entered the Information cognition and emotion on the Internet. Following is a Systems field. These tools allow researchers to uncover list of possible topics for prospective papers for this cognitive and emotional responses to the Internet. minitrack and is not meant to be exhaustive: Since the information systems field partly exists to • The examination of cognition or emotion on the understand how individuals process information when Internet using Electroencephalography (EEG), interacting with technology, a deeper understanding of functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), the cognitive and emotional underpinnings when using eye-tracking, or psychophysiology measures (e.g., technology is warranted. electrodermal response, heart rate). This minitrack provides a venue for research that • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) on the examines cognitive and emotional correlates of the Internet or in the Digital Economy Internet and Digital Economy. Specifically, this • Augmented Cognition using Internet platforms minitrack calls for research that utilizes neuroimaging • Theory-driven cognitive neuroscience in methodologies that augment our understanding of the information systems Internet. Research examining vision, the neural system, • Using the brain and technology to enhance and other “deep” inspections of how humans process, individual and team performance on the Internet transmit, and reach shared understanding of • Psychophysiological responses to online information through the use of technology will be advertising, shopping, or other interactions with considered. The goal of this minitrack is to advance the the Digital Economy

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