Eye movements and reliance on external memory aids predict team success in a military planning task

Heather C. Lum; Valerie K. Sims; Nicholas C. Lagattuta; Michael A. Rosen; Eduardo Salas

Eye movements and reliance on external memory aids predict team success in a military planning task

Heather C. Lum, Valerie K. Sims, Nicholas C. Lagattuta, Michael A. Rosen, Eduardo Salas

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Abstract

Participants completed a complex team exercise designed to mimic military planning operations. Each member of the three-person team was eye-tracked as they completed the group task. Members of successful teams had more fixations, were less reliant on external memory aids (push-pins), and created plans that were longer. Additionally, team members in key roles were more likely to experience decisional conflict and to have less confidence in their performance. Further examination of this finding showed that those who experienced greater decisional conflict also had fewer fixations. Low level eye movements may indicate high level team cognition.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	53rd Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2009, HFES 2009
Pages	274-278
Number of pages	5
State	Published - Dec 1 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	53rd Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2009, HFES 2009 - San Antonio, TX, United States Duration: Oct 19 2009 → Oct 23 2009

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Volume	1
ISSN (Print)	1071-1813

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Other	53rd Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2009, HFES 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Antonio, TX
Period	10/19/09 → 10/23/09

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Human Factors and Ergonomics

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Eye movements and reliance on external memory aids predict team success in a military planning task. / Lum, Heather C.; Sims, Valerie K.; Lagattuta, Nicholas C. et al.
53rd Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2009, HFES 2009. 2009. p. 274-278 (Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society; Vol. 1).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Lum, HC, Sims, VK, Lagattuta, NC, Rosen, MA & Salas, E 2009, Eye movements and reliance on external memory aids predict team success in a military planning task. in 53rd Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2009, HFES 2009. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, vol. 1, pp. 274-278, 53rd Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2009, HFES 2009, San Antonio, TX, United States, 10/19/09.

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