Affect Response to Simulated Information Attack during Complex Task Performance

An experimental facility was developed and an experiment performed to evaluate the following 4 research questions: 1) To what extent does performance of a complex task differ when affected by manipulation of underlying information elements and can an affective computing technique mitigate these effe...

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Main Authors: Armbrust, Erik, Thomas, Gina, Thomas, Krystal, Eckold, Monika, Haas, Michael W
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
AFFECTIVE COMPUTING
ATTENTION
AUGMENTATION
BEHAVIOR
COGNITION
COGNITIVE ABILITY
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CREW SYSTEMS
CYBERSPACE
CYBERWARFARE
DECISION MAKING
EMOTIONAL RESPONSIVENESS
EMOTIONS
ERROR ANALYSIS
EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Human Factors Engineering & Man Machine System
HUMAN SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
INFORMATION ASSURANCE
INFORMATION SECURITY
INFORMATION WARFARE
JUDGEMENT(PSYCHOLOGY)
MAN COMPUTER INTERFACE
MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION
MENTAL ABILITY
MILITARY PERSONNEL
PATTERN RECOGNITION
PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
PERSONALITY
Psychology
PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
RESILIENCY
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
Stress Physiology
VULNERABILITY
WUAFRL2311RC11
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Summary:An experimental facility was developed and an experiment performed to evaluate the following 4 research questions: 1) To what extent does performance of a complex task differ when affected by manipulation of underlying information elements and can an affective computing technique mitigate these effects; 2) To what extent are an individual's traits associated with differing abilities across individuals to fight through an informational attack; 3) Is an individual's cognitive state associated with differing levels of coping with additional demands created by informational attack; and 4) Can an individual's physiological state accurately reflect differences in emotional state caused by informational attack? The experimental facility, the Cyber Affect Laboratory (CAL), supported data collection for a single participant and a remoted research to monitor the participant and administer written material for subjective reporting when needed. The CAL integrated behavioral and physiological measurement equipment as well as hosting a multiple task battery, the AF-MATB, with visual displays and convention computer controls. AF-MATB was modified to simulate several persistent information attacks during which the participant was required to continue to operate the multiple tasks. In addition, affective computing techniques were utilized to further understand how induced affect could be used to mitigate the effects of the informational attacks. Report contains color images.