A Neurometric Approach to Personnel Selection in the Military.

Abstract

The Navy is developing a neurometric test program, based partly on event related potentials (ERPs) from the brain, that hopefully will increase the validity of testing procedures currently being used. The rationale for the neurometric approach is derived from several years of basic research on the relationships between cognitive performance abilities, such as complex information processing, and the correlated changes in the electrical activity of the brain. These minute changes are made usable by the process of signal averaging, which increases the signal-to-noise ratio of the minute voltage changes measured at the surface of the scalp. The technique, if found to be valid, would greatly decrease the number of mismatches in assigning individuals to jobs that require complex cognitive behaviors and would reduce attrition rates in such jobs as sonar operators, pilots, or air traffic controllers. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA147284

Entities

People

  • D. J. Hord

Organizations

  • Naval Health Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Attrition
  • Biomedical Research
  • Classification
  • Clinical Laboratories
  • Cognition
  • Data Displays
  • Display Systems
  • Electroencephalography
  • Information Processing
  • Measurement
  • Naval Personnel
  • Personnel Selection
  • Security
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Therapy

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.