Title

Knowledge Of Results And Diagnostic Power: Implications For Vigilance Training To Support Improvised Explosive Device Detection

Abstract

Improvised explosive devises (IEDs) represent the greatest threat to personnel deployed to combat zones. Improvements in the capacity to detect and neutralize these threats are therefore a crucial concern. Although technology can provide better protection against explosions and, perhaps, improve detection, IED detection will for the foreseeable future be dependent on the capacity of mounted and dismounted soldiers to sustain their attention over long periods of time. This capacity, vigilance, has been studied extensively in both laboratory and field settings over the past sixty years. In this paper the approach for training for vigilance, knowledge of results, is reviewed and the implications for designing IED detection training are identified. Copyright 2011 by Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Inc. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

11-28-2011

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Number of Pages

1548-1551

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181311551322

Socpus ID

81855177056 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/81855177056

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