Training for Vigilance: Repeated Sessions with Knowledge of Results

Two groups of subjects were run in a visual monitoring test, one with knowledge of results (KR) providing instant feedback of correct responses, commissive errors, and missed signals, and the other with no knowledge of results (NKR). The groups were run for five 48-minute sessions on consecutive day...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Ergonomics 1968-11, Vol.11 (6), p.547-556
Main Author: WIENER, E. L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attention
Humans
Knowledge of Results (Psychology)
Male
Space life sciences
Transfer (Psychology)
Visual Perception
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Two groups of subjects were run in a visual monitoring test, one with knowledge of results (KR) providing instant feedback of correct responses, commissive errors, and missed signals, and the other with no knowledge of results (NKR). The groups were run for five 48-minute sessions on consecutive days, with a follow-up transfer session five weeks later. Results showed significant differences in detection rates between the groups on all five training sessions, but not on the transfer session. Detection rates increased significantly during the five training sessions for both groups, and at approximately the same rate. Commissive errors were significantly different only in the first two training sessions, with the KR subjects showing more false alarms. Commissive errors did not increase or decrease over time within sessions, or over the five training sessions.
ISSN:0014-0139
1366-5847
DOI:10.1080/00140136808931007