The fact that participants did not respond to what should have been positive developments disquieted some portfolio managers.
In the initial phase, participants responded to 132 questions that probed for these qualities.
Those trials in which a stop signal was shown and the participant successfully responded to it, do not show a response time.
"I have a friend who talks to her husband on the phone every day," a participant responded.
Not surprisingly, the participants responded faster and more accurately when they only had to concentrate on one task.
We are not your customers, several participants responded.
Both black and white participants respond in this manner.
To inform the computer they are safe, participants pick up the phone and respond to a recorded message.
CFI is a questionnaire in which participants respond to a little more than 100 questions.
A second argument against media equation is that participants are actually responding to the programmers behind the computer.