Cognitive Expertise by Repetition Enhanced Simulation-based (CERES) Training
Abstract
The overall proposed research plan is constructed around two tasks that reflect two elementsof Land Navigation skills that will be trained by simulation: topographic map reading and terrainreasoning. Both tasks will build towards protocols that will be evaluated by assessing trainingefficacy with military personnel (Marine Infantry) receiving land navigation training. The firsttask will focus on the rapid development of perceptual skills associated with reading andunderstanding topographic maps. The second task will train a decision-making task related toroute selection that depends on map reading. For each task, technical development of simulationbasedstimuli and paradigms, plus initial testing with participants from the NorthwesternUniversity community, will be followed by refinement based on feedback from land-navigationSMEs and testing with marine personnel, assessed with traditional measures of skilledperformance to establish that the novel training approach leads to quantifiable improvement.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jul 26, 2018
- Source ID
- N000141812316
Entities
People
- Paul Reber
Organizations
- Northwestern University
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy