Distributed cognition in Search and Rescue: loosely coupled tasks and tightly coupled roles

Ergonomics

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1353-1376

  Plant, Katherine L ^a   Stanton, Neville A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed cognition; EAST method; networks; Perceptual Cycle Model

Indexed keywords

NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ASSOCIATION CLASSIFICATION; CYCLE MODEL; DISTRIBUTED COGNITION; EAST METHOD; ERGONOMICS RESEARCH; REPRESENTATIVE CASE; SAFETY CRITICAL SYSTEMS; SITUATION AWARENESS;

ERGONOMICS;

CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; CREW MEMBER; HUMAN; MODEL; PHYSICIAN; TEAMWORK; AIRPLANE PILOT; AWARENESS; BIOENGINEERING; COOPERATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MALE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESCUE WORK; SOCIAL NETWORK; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEORECORDING;

AWARENESS; COGNITION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PILOTS; RESCUE WORK; SOCIAL NETWORKING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84961637057     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2016.1143531     Document Type: Article

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