Cognitive flexibility and adaptability to environmental changes in dynamic complex problem-solving tasks

Ergonomics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 482-501

  Cañas, José J ^a   Quesada, José F ^b   Antolí, Adoración ^a   Fajardo, Inmaculada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex problem solving; Firechief; Human error; Microworlds; Transitions between actions

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL TESTING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COGNITIVE MECHANISMS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL STRATEGY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ERROR; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENTAL TASK; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; UTILITY WORKS, APPLIANCES AND SERVICES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRES; GOALS; HUMANS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SPAIN; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0038054325     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014013031000061640     Document Type: Article

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