"Being prepared for the infrequent": A comparative study of two refresher training approaches and their effects on temporal and adaptive transfer in a process control task

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2437-2441

  Kluge, A ^a   Burkolter, D ^b   Frank, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED TECHNICAL SYSTEMS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONTROL GROUPS; CONTROL TASK; REFRESHER TRAINING; SIMULATED PROCESS; SKILL RETENTION; TESTING SESSIONS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

EID: 84873445849     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/1071181312561496     Document Type: Conference Paper

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