Acquisition and Transfer of High-Workload Skill
Abstract
Simultaneously practicing multiple tasks results in high workload skills that may not be acquired by practicing the same tasks as single tasks. In three experiments subjects watched a rapidly changing display and responded to consistently mapped targets in four tasks. Some subjects practiced one task at a time; some subjects practiced two tasks at a time as dual tasks; some subjects practiced combinations of single and dual tasks. After acquisition, all subjects performed transfer tasks that were multiple tasks not performed together during acquisition. The results showed a large decrease in performance when subjects were introduced to multiple tasks after training single tasks. Dual task training resulted in nearly perfect transfer to novel task combinations. These results are discussed in terms of the practical implications of multiple task compensatory activities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA335860
Entities
People
- David H. Lundy
- Walter Schneider
Organizations
- University of Pittsburgh