Prediction of the realisation of an information need : an EEG study
McGuire, Niall and Moshfeghi, Yashar (2024) Prediction of the realisation of an information need : an EEG study. In: The 47th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, 2024-07-14 - 2024-07-18.
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Abstract
One of the foundational goals of Information Retrieval (IR) is to satisfy searchers' Information Needs (IN). Understanding how INs physically manifest has long been a complex and elusive process. However, recent studies utilising Electroencephalography (EEG) data have provided real-time insights into the neural processes associated with INs. Unfortunately, they have yet to demonstrate how this insight can practically benefit the search experience. As such, within this study, we explore the ability to predict the realisation of IN within EEG data across 14 participants whilst partaking in a Question-Answering (Q/A) task. Furthermore, we investigate the combinations of EEG features that yield optimal predictive performance, as well as identify regions within the Q/A queries where a subject's realisation of IN is more pronounced. The findings from this work demonstrate that EEG data is sufficient for the real-time prediction of the realisation of an IN across all participants with an accuracy of 73.5% (SD 2.6%) and on a per-subject basis with an accuracy of 90.1% (SD 22.1%). This work helps to close the gap by bridging theoretical neuroscientific advancements with tangible improvements in information retrieval practices, paving the way for real-time prediction of the realisation of IN.
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McGuire, Niall and Moshfeghi, Yashar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4186-1088;-
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Item type: Conference or Workshop Item(Paper) ID code: 89487 Dates: DateEvent18 July 2024Published25 March 2024AcceptedSubjects: Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Library Science. Information Science > Information organization Department: Faculty of Science > Computer and Information Sciences Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 06 Jun 2024 11:11 Last modified: 01 Oct 2024 15:32 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/89487