Special Section: Cognitive Perspectives on Information Systems

The special issue of Journal of Management Information Systems considers aspects of human cognition as it relates to core IS research concerns. Qing Hu, Robert West, and Laura Smarandescu take a cognitive neuroscience approach to the protection of information assets in their paper, 'The Role of Self-Control in Information Security Violations: Insights from a Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective.' Using scenario-based laboratory experiments, they examine the association between individual differences in self-control and event-related potentials elicited while individuals deliberate over violations of information security policies. The paper, 'The Behavioral Roots of Information Systems Security: Exploring Key Factors Related to Unethical IT Use,' by Sutirtha Chatterjee, Suprateek Sarker, and Joseph S. Valacich, explores multiple factors associated with unethical IT use. In their paper, 'Chasing Lemmings: Modeling IT-Induced Misperceptions About the Strategic Situation as a Reason for Flash Crashes,' Tobias Brandt and Dirk Neumann employ hypergame theory to examine the vulnerability of IT-based stock trading to sharp drops in market prices that rebound shortly afterward.