Application of cognitive load theory to develop a measure of team cognitive efficiency

Military Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 252-265

  Johnston, Joan H ^a   Fiore, Stephen M ^b   Paris, Carol ^c   Smith, C A P ^d  

^a US Army Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Decision making; Team cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890014792     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: 15327876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0094967     Document Type: Article

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