Perceived Access to Self-Relevant Information Mediates Judgments of Privacy Violations in Neuromonitoring and Other Monitoring Technologies
Abstract
Advances in technology are bringing greater insight into the mind, raising a host of privacy concerns. However, the basic psychological mechanisms underlying the perception of privacy violations are poorly understood. Here, we explore the relation between the perception of privacy violations and access to information related to one’s “self.” In two studies using demographically diverse samples, we find that privacy violations resulting from various monitoring technologies are mediated by the extent to which the monitoring is thought to provide access to self-relevant information, and generally neuromonitoring did not rate among the more invasive monitoring types. However, brain monitoring was judged to be more of a privacy violation when described as providing access to self-relevant information than when no such access was possible, and control participants did not judge the invasiveness of neuromonitoring any differently than those told it provided no access to self-relevant information.
Recommended Citation
Baker, D. A., Schweitzer, N. J., & Risko, E. F. (2014). Perceived Access to Self-Relevant Information Mediates Judgments of Privacy Violations in Neuromonitoring and Other Monitoring Technologies. Neuroethics, 7(1), pp. 43-50. Springer Netherlands.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12152-013-9181-0
Department(s)
Psychological Science
Keywords and Phrases
Privacy; Self; Neuroethics; Self-identity; Neuromonitoring
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1874-5490
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2014 Springer Netherlands, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Apr 2014
