PB-09 · Moderate evidence
Keeps secure habits when tired or busy
Holds to a few key routines (report, verify, pause) even when overloaded.
People tune out repeated warnings, and security fatigue leads to resignation and shortcuts. Habits that are cued by context survive fatigue better than conscious effort.
How to observe it: Outcomes by time of day and day of week; drift in results over long Programs.
Supporting evidence- Tuning Out Security Warnings: A Longitudinal Examination of Habituation Through fMRI, Eye Tracking, and Field Experiments Vance et al., 2018
- Security Fatigue Stanton et al., 2016
- How are habits formed: Modelling habit formation in the real world Lally et al., 2010
- A new look at habits and the habit-goal interface Wood & Neal, 2007