RAPID VIEWING AND IMMEDIATE VERBAL REPORT IN THE RECOGNITION OF OBJECTS IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS

Abstract

A pilot experiment was conducted to determine preliminary estimates of interpretation performance at high rates of speed. Various factors of relevance in assessing such performance are discussed, using experimental results to illustrate their application. Requirements for A MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND STATISTICALLY RELIABLE EXPERIMENT ARE OUTLINED, AND SUGGESTED AREAS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH ARE DISCUSSED. The small number of samples of imagery and subjects made results only suggestive with respect to application. Performance measurement is presented as a complex function of several factors, including conciseness, relevance, accuracy, and rate. These performance measures were applied to the experimental results for illustrative purposes only, and are not to be understood as implying higher reliability than is inherent in the statistically low reliability of the data. The tendency for redundancy of reports to increase with viewing/response time suggests that prior training of interpreters in rapid recognition and reporting would lead to improved performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0295630

Entities

People

  • D. L. Huebner

Organizations

  • United States Army Communications-Electronics Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Cognition
  • Electronics
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Identification
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • New Jersey
  • Psychology
  • Recognition
  • Reliability
  • Surveillance
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Computer Vision.
  • Systems Analysis and Design