Thomas Rohaly

DCS Corporation · R&D

U.S. service members maintain constant situational awareness (SA) due to training and experience operating in dynamic and complex environments. Work examining how military experience impacts SA during visual search of a complex naturalistic environment, is limited. Here, we compare Active Duty service members and Civilians’ physiological behavior d...

Exposure to stress and trauma is associated with military deployments, leading to a high prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD is associated with an attentional bias toward threatening stimuli and scanning behavior which is indicative of hypervigilance in the context of static scenes. Work exploring the impact of PTSD on visual a...

Military deployments often expose personnel to highly threatening and stressful circumstances that put them at greater risk for developing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD may alter internal processes that affect one’s ability to maintain situational awareness (SA). Military personnel conducting patrols must maintain SA to search for thre...

The Army’s Next Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV) concept will require that fewer Soldiers operate and manage a greater number of technologies and autonomous agents than in legacy armor platforms. This reduction in crew-to-asset ratio necessitates the ability for crewmembers to switch between various tasks in a rapid, efficient manner to meet the n...

The US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Army Research Laboratory has a long-term effort toward enhancing our understanding of the physiological and behavioral components of Warfighter-relevant tasks, such as situational awareness (SA) acquisition and maintenance. A critical component of this effort is to understand the effects...