Your Memory is Working Against You: Using fMRI to Explain How Memory Affects Susceptibility to Phishing

Authors

Bonnie Anderson, Brigham Young University
Anthony Vance, Brigham Young University
Brock Kirwan, Brigham Young University

Keywords

memory, fMRI, susceptibility to phishing

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Psychology

Abstract

The objective of this MEG grant was to:

“show that cognitive neuroscience provides a useful lens through which to study the problem of phishing. A commonly reported finding from the field of memory is the repetition suppression effect, the phenomenon of people unconsciously paying less attention to images that have been previously viewed. We aim to show in this study that this effect holds in the context of email processing, and that the memory-based repetition suppression effect is a significant contributing factor to users’ susceptibility to phishing.”

Recommended Citation

Anderson, Bonnie; Vance, Anthony; and Kirwan, Brock (2016) "Your Memory is Working Against You: Using fMRI to Explain How Memory Affects Susceptibility to Phishing," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2016: Iss. 1, Article 244.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2016/iss1/244