Computerized Assessment of Individual Differences

Abstract

Co-ordinating ability is the ability to integrate information from several domains in order to accomplish a single task. An example is integrating verbal instructions with visual perception of scenes. We have found that coordinating ability in linguistic and perceptual tasks is an ability that is over and above the ability to deal with linguistic or perceptual tasks alone. A related study analyzed orienting ability, i.e. the ability to locate oneself in large-scale space. Orienting requires the integration of information from a succession of visual scenes. This ability was shown to depend upon the ability to form and unite surveyor's representations of different scenes, given the information in a ground plane view. Orienting ability was studied by contrasting the abilities of college students (novices) and sports orienteers, including international competitors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 29, 1991
Accession Number
ADA252801

Entities

People

  • Earl B. Hunt

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Cognitive Science
  • Command And Control
  • Computers
  • Information Processing
  • Instructions
  • Judgment
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Perception
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Reaction Time
  • Students
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • United States
  • Universities

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space