Characteristics of fluent skills in a complex, dynamic problem-solving task

Human Factors

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 742-752

  Sohn, Myeong Ho ^a   Douglass, Scott A ^b   Chen, Mon Chu ^b   Anderson, John R ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; GAME THEORY; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANTI-AIR-WARFARE COORDINATOR; COGNITIVE PROCESSES; COMPONENT SKILLS; TASK-IRRELEVANT REGIONS;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIMULATION; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WAR;

AVIATION; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646128041     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872005775570943     Document Type: Article

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