Title

Markers for enhancing team cognition in complex environments: The power of team performance diagnosis

Authors

Authors

E. Salas; M. A. Rosen; C. S. Burke; D. Nicholson;W. R. Howse

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Aviat. Space Environ. Med.

Keywords

team cognition; scenario based training; performance measurement; SITUATION AWARENESS; MENTAL MODELS; KNOWLEDGE; COORDINATION; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Medicine, General &; Internal; Sport Sciences

Abstract

Team cognition has been identified as a key component to achieve mission goals in dynamic, team-based, stressful, distributed and multicultural operations. Effective team performance in complex environments requires that team members hold a shared understanding of the task, their equipment, and their teammates. So, many of the simulation-based training (SET) systems and programs have been designed (partly) to enhance shared/team cognition. However, these simulation systems lack the sufficient robustness in their performance assessment tools or capabilities (if they have any) to allow for a rich and deep understanding of team cognition. Therefore, the purpose of this article is fourfold: 1) to present a brief account of team cognition; 2) to develop the concept of performance diagnosis and present SET as an approach to the performance diagnosis of team cognition; 3) to present a set of illustrative behavioral markers of team cognition; and 4) to explicate how these elements (performance diagnosis, team cognition, and SBT) can be leveraged to increase training effectiveness through the development of performance profiles - a rich, detailed, and informative set of metrics - and cognitive and behavioral indicators or illustrative markers of team cognition. Research needs are discussed in terms of realizing the potential of this approach in operational and embedded training contexts.

Journal Title

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volume

78

Issue/Number

5

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Document Type

Review

Language

English

First Page

B77

Last Page

B85

WOS Identifier

WOS:000246460800012

ISSN

0095-6562

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