Task workload and cognitive abilities in dynamic decision making

Human Factors

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 92-101

  Gonzalez, Cleotilde ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Carnegie Mellon University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGINITIVE ABBILITIES; DYNAMIC DECISION MAKING; TASK WORKLOADS;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DYNAMICS; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

DECISION MAKING;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; RESEARCH DESIGN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 17844369135     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/0018720053653767     Document Type: Article

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