Goal weighting and the choice of behaviour in a complex world

Ergonomics

Volumn 33, Issue 10-11, 1990, Pages 1265-1279

  Duncan, John ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Driving skills; Goal selection; Intelligence; Problem Solving

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS - ABILITY TESTING; SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND CYBERNETICS - COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTATION - ACCIDENTS;

DRIVING SKILLS; GOAL SELECTION; INTELLIGENCE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CAR DRIVING; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MENTAL LOAD; MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SKILL; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 0025499393     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139008925331     Document Type: Article

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