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This study explored the decision‐making processes of soldiers as they evaluated scenarios containing information offering various levels of certainty. Soldiers with different levels of experience read scenarios that presented potential threats and then identified the priority threat, their confidence in this identification, and the cues they used t...
This report attempts to fuse Army needs, specific to threat detection, with available evidence from academia and military sources. The report provides viable routes for short-term enhancement of threat detection training and long-term goals of a research program dedicated to improving the Army's understanding of threat detection. This review found...
A survey targeting interpersonal, cultural, language, and advisory activities was administered to 565 Army and Marine advisors returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Advisors rated how frequently they engaged in 151 activities, as well as indicated how important those activities were to advisor performance. Results indicated that the most frequent ac...
Two studies were conducted in order to determine the impact computer games had on the cognitive performance. Study 1 evaluated a measure of cognition, which incorporates aspects of short-term working memory, visual attention, mathematical decision making, and auditory perception. Study 2 measured the cognitive performance between those who did not...
The current study was conducted in order to determine if strategic team training at an air traffic control task would increase long-term performance compared to teams that received factual training. Half of the teams engaged in strategic training prior to longitudinal assessment of performance in CTEAM (a simulated air traffic control task), wherea...
Two meta-analyses were conducted to determine the extent to which pressure from the mass media to conform to the muscular "ideal" male body affects men's self-images (i.e., body satisfaction, body esteem, and self-esteem). A total of 25 studies contributing 93 effect sizes were included in two meta-analyses, which re- vealed that pressure from the...
Case method instruction has been universally endorsed as an effective teaching approach, yet little empirical research provides evidence of this claim. This report describes research that investigated the importance of the discussion component of case method instruction to learning. In addition to collecting data from 182 United States Military Aca...
Five-hundred-sixty-five externally sourced Transition Team advisors returning from Iraq and Afghanistan completed a survey to help identify the cross-cultural behaviors critical to advisor effectiveness in the current operating environment. Results indicated role modeling, establishing credibility with one's counterpart, and being respectful were a...
Sleep is a fundamental recuperative process for the nervous system. Disruption of this homeostatic drive can lead to severe impairments of the operators ability to perceive, recognize, and respond to emergencies and/or unanticipated events, putting the operator at risk. Therefore, establishing a comprehensive understanding of how sleep deprivation...
A training protocol was developed to teach an implicit reasoning strategy to encourage the consideration of alternatives, specifically in behavioral trap decision environments. Engaging the strategy would thereby decrease the effect of focusing on traps, resulting in more rational behavior. In two studies, training was delivered in an instructor-le...
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Folks,
Just wondering if there has been any recent/more current research examining readability or reading comprehension/grade levels. Surely there is, but I don’t know this area. Know/remember only Flesch-Kincaid. Have colleagues working in 'naturalistic' (applied) settings asking about documents and research that establish(ed) reading levels. Any direction would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks.
-Christopher
