Abstract
Team cognition in experienced command-and-control teams is examined in an UAV (Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle) simulation. Five 3-person teams with experience working together in a command-and-control setting were compared to 10 inexperienced teams. Each team participated in five 40-min missions of a simulation in which interdependent team members control a UAV to take reconnaissance photos. Experienced teams exceeded performance of inexperienced teams, suggesting transfer of previous command-and-control experience. Compared to inexperienced teams, experienced teams had fewer errors on process-related training knowledge, superior team process ratings, and communications containing fewer coordination-related utterances. These findings support the view that team cognition emerges through the interactions of team members, that interactions distinguish high-performing teams from average teams, and that these interactions transfer across different tasks.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 146-157 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2007 |
Keywords
- command-and-control
- experience
- team cognition
- team process
- teams
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology