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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460792803321

Titolo

Measuring human capabilities : an agenda for basic research on the assessment of individual and group performance potential for military accession / / Committee on Measuring Human Capabilities: Performance Potential of Individuals and Collectives, Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ; National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-309-31718-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Disciplina

355.6/1

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Executive Summary; Section 1: Introduction; 1 Overview; Section 2: Identification and Measurement of New Predictor Constructs; 2 Fluid Intelligence, Working Memory Capacity, Executive Attention, and Inhibitory Control; 3 Cognitive Biases; 4 Spatial Abilities; Section 3: Identification and Prediction of New Outcomes; 5 Teamwork Behavior; Section 4: Hybrid Topics with Joint Focus on New Predictor Constructs and Prediction of New Outcomes; 6 Hot Cognition: Defensive Reactivity, Emotional Regulation, and Performance under Stress

7 Adaptability and InventivenessSection 5: Methods and Methodology; 8 Psychometrics and Technology; 9 Situations and Situational Judgment Tests; 10 Assessment of Individual Differences Through Neuroscience Measures; Section 6: The Research Agenda; 11 The Research Agenda; Appendixes; Appendix A: Workshop Agenda and Selection of Additional Topics Considered for Workshop Agenda; Appendix B: Phase II Data Gathering Presentations; Appendix C: Biomarkers; Appendix D: Neural Signals and Measurement Technologies; Appendix E: Biographical



Sketches of Committee Members and Staff