Working Memory, Age, Crew Downsizing, System Design and Training

Abstract

Working memory is a central component of many models of cognitive function and workload (c.f. Baddeley and Gathercole, 1993). The ability to store information on a short-term basis for rapid retrieval or to retain cues to aid recall of long-term information is often presented as a major bottleneck in human performance. Some models of human information processing (Pashler, 1998) place the bottleneck in the central processing phase between input and output and relate it to sequential processing, response selection or limited capacity processing, via a central executive. Many models of attention place the bottleneck between early in stimulus processing (Broadbent, 1957) or at both early and late stimulus processing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADP010568

Entities

People

  • Malcolm J. Cook

Organizations

  • University of Abertay Dundee

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Science
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Control Systems
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Information Processing
  • Military History
  • Psychology
  • Radar
  • Situational Awareness
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thinking
  • Warfare

Readers

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