TABLE 6.

Synthesis of limitations, suggestions, and conclusions from the systematic reviews.

Components	Gaps addressed	Limitations	Suggestions	Conclusions
Subjects	(b) How IC is been assessed in current research and (c) what are the current methods to study IC.	Minor experimental data, population of experimental studies mainly from academia and organizational environments.	Extend the studies to more populations outside the academia and organizations and focus on more sociodemographic traits (gender, ethnicity, and among others). Perform more experimental studies besides systematic reviews.	This component is a major strength for study IC in the decision-making process, but it needs to be broadened.
Objects	(a) The relationship of IC with other cognitive traits, (b) how IC is been assessed in current research, (c) what are the current methods to study IC, (d) is IC a cognitive state or trait, and (e) what is the influence of IC on the decision-making process.	IC asses mainly with proxy variables, IC influence on decision-making is considered but not specified.	Specify the role of IC in studies, use Suedfeld’s measure on IC.	There is a great diversity of objects and topics related to IC in the decision-making process, but this relation needs to be more concise and integrated with theory.
Rules	(a) The relationship of IC with other cognitive traits, (c) what are the current methods to study IC, and (e) what is the influence of IC on the decision-making process.	There is a predominance of systematic reviews in the comprehension of IC, but it is not integrated with major gaps in literature.	Conduct more experimental research, link findings with major gaps in literature.	There exists a diversity of studies directed to the comprehension of IC, but these approaches need to be integrated with major gaps in literature on the concept.
Community	(a) The relationship of IC with other cognitive traits, (b) how IC is been assessed in current research, (c) what are the current methods to study IC, (d) is IC a cognitive state or trait. and (e) what is the influence of IC on the decision-making process.	There is a main focus on academic audiences.	The study of IC should be more practical in reaching wider audiences, the neuroscientific scope seems to be particularly useful in this question.	There has been a major interest on an academic audience on the study of IC in the decision-making process, nonetheless, there seem to be an opening in directing these efforts to other communities.
Division of labor	(b) How IC is been assessed in current research and (c) what are the current methods to study IC.	Few studies code IC directly (manual or automatic).	There should be an emphasis on measuring IC directly without any proxies.	A better automatic tool to assess IC could foster further experimental research that considers IC without any proxies.
Outcomes	(d) Is IC a cognitive state or trait and (e) what is the influence of IC on the decision-making process.	There have been little attentions to the cognitive features of IC in the studies, and there are few articles that specify IC as a state or trait.	Specify IC in terms of their cognitive features, create more consistent standards on IC research.	There is a great diversity of variables associated with IC and decision-making in terms of performance, styles, and tradeoffs. Also, there is an interest of the physiological structures and processes related to IC in decision-making.