MRI scans visualize security warning fatigue
The many security prompts seen on your home computer have likely become little more than speed bumps to be quickly dismissed as you go about your day. Despite some scary sounding language, repeated exposure can cause the brain to essentially stop caring, and a new study is imaging that process.
A paper scheduled for presentation at the Association for Computing Machinery's CHI 2015 conference used MRI to show a drop in visual processing of multiple security alert messages, even when exposure is repeated just once. For more on the research and what it might take to make user pay more attention to the really important security prompts, check out the article from Ars Technica at the link below:
Evan joined TriMed in 2011, writing primarily for Health Imaging. Prior to diving into medical journalism, Evan worked for the Nine Network of Public Media in St. Louis. He also has worked in public relations and education. Evan studied journalism at the University of Missouri, with an emphasis on broadcast media.