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Effects of monetary reward and punishment on information checking behaviour: An eye-tracking study

Li, SYW; Cox, AL; Or, C; Blandford, A; (2018) Effects of monetary reward and punishment on information checking behaviour: An eye-tracking study. Applied Ergonomics , 70 pp. 110-117. 10.1016/j.apergo.2018.02.014. Green open access

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Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of error consequence, as reward or punishment, on individuals’ checking behaviour following data entry. This study comprised two eye-tracking experiments that replicate and extend the investigation of Li et al. (2016) into the effect of monetary reward and punishment on data-entry performance. The first experiment adopted the same experimental setup as Li et al. (2016) but additionally used an eye tracker. The experiment validated Li et al. (2016) finding that, when compared to no error consequence, both reward and punishment led to improved data-entry performance in terms of reducing errors, and that no performance difference was found between reward and punishment. The second experiment extended the earlier study by associating error consequence to each individual trial by providing immediate performance feedback to participants. It was found that gradual increment (i.e. reward feedback) also led to significantly more accurate performance than no error consequence. It is unclear whether gradual increment is more effective than gradual decrement because of the small sample size tested. However, this study reasserts the effectiveness of reward on data-entry performance.

Type: Article
Title: Effects of monetary reward and punishment on information checking behaviour: An eye-tracking study
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2018.02.014
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2018.02.014
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Error, Reward, Punishment, Data-entry, Eye-tracking
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > UCL Interaction Centre
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10055255
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