Assessment of Cognitive Components of Decision Making with Military Versions of the IGT and WCST

Abstract

The U.S. Army is focused on improving leader decision making, yet little is known as to how military officers develop optimal decision making. Two key components of optimal decision making are reinforcement learning and cognitive flexibility. Thirty-four military officers completed military versions of two standard cognitive assessments, the Iowa Gambling Test and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Task, while their eye movements were tracked. Results indicated that the military versions of these tasks successfully provided objective assessments of reinforcement learning and cognitive flexibility. Preliminary analyses of eye movements provide insights into the subjects decision strategies. Training implications of the results are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 29, 2014
Accession Number
ADA622666

Entities

People

  • Jon Alt
  • Peter Nesbitt
  • Quinn Kennedy

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Computer Vision
  • Computers
  • Demography
  • Deployment
  • Descriptive Analytics
  • Eye Movements
  • Learning
  • Mental Processes
  • Military Personnel
  • Operating Systems
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Statistics
  • Stereo Cameras
  • Surveys
  • Training
  • Visual Acuity

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML