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

    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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