THE PERFORMANCE OF MULTI-MAN MONITORING TEAMS

This study examined the performance of multi-man teams in a visual monitoring task. There were four groups: one, two, and three-man teams, and another three-man team in which the members monitored in isolation but had their responses combined as if they were switches in a parallel circuit. The lengt...

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Published in:Human factors 1964-04, Vol.6 (2), p.179-184
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Arousal
Attention
Group Processes
Humans
Male
Monitoring
Monitors
Old Medline
Statistical analysis
Switches
Team size
Teams
Visual tasks
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