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Breakthrough percepts of online identity: Detecting recognition of email addresses on the fringe of awareness
Author(s) -
Harris Kathryn,
Miller Claire,
Jose Brendan,
Beech Anthony,
Woodhams Jessica,
Bowman Howard
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.346
H-Index - 206
eISSN - 1460-9568
pISSN - 0953-816X
DOI - 10.1111/ejn.15098
Subject(s) - rapid serial visual presentation , identity (music) , computer science , key (lock) , affect (linguistics) , cybercrime , internet privacy , online identity , presentation (obstetrics) , human–computer interaction , world wide web , psychology , computer security , communication , the internet , perception , neuroscience , physics , acoustics , radiology , medicine
A key issue facing cybercrime investigations is connecting online identities to real‐world identities. This paper shows that by combining the Fringe‐P3 method with a concealed information test, we can detect a participant's familiarity with their own email address, thus connecting their real‐world identity to their online one. Participants were shown Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) streams of email addresses, some including their own email address (probe) or a target email address. Familiarity with the probe was accurately detected with significant results at the group level and for 7 of 11 participants at the individual level. These promising results demonstrate that the method can be successfully used to detect online identities. Factors that may affect how well an email address probe stands out in the RSVP streams are also discussed.