Consequences of Individual Differences in Brain Organization for Human Performance

Abstract

This research note summarizes the work done during the first year of a four-year research program to identify how measurement of brain functioning, especially individual differences in brain functioning, can be used to understand and predict human performance in complex human machine systems. A major objective of the completed work was to define measures which identify characteristics of individual brain functioning. The results suggest that electrophysiological measures have the greatest potential to measure performance related aspects of brain functioning. Given the sensitivity of the electrophysiological measures to variation in brain functioning, and their potential as measures of workload, it is planned to include further evaluation of these measures in future work, as indices of performance related aspects of brain functioning. Keywords: Hemispheric differences, Human performance, Cognitive science, Foot dominance, Laterality, Handedness, Electroencephalography.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA197667

Entities

People

  • David C. Hartup
  • Dennis F. Folds
  • Joanne Green
  • Philip D. West

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech Research Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Estimators
  • Human-Machine Systems
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Measurement
  • Neurology
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Psychology
  • Psychophysiology
  • Reaction Time
  • Signal Processing
  • Task Performance And Analysis

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.