Enhancing human performance : issues, theories, and techniques / / Daniel Druckman and John A. Swets, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811946103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1988
• ISBN: 1-280-21502-X; 9786610215027; 0-309-57399-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (311 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): DruckmanDaniel <1939->; SwetsJohn A. <1928->
• Disciplina: 158
• Soggetti: Performance - Psychological aspects; Personnel management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Enhancing Human Performance; Copyright; Contents; PREFACE; PART I OVERVIEW; 1 Introduction; THE COMMITTEE'S TASK; THE ARMY'S NEEDS; A SELLER'S MARKET; IMPROVED PERFORMANCE: COMPLEX ISSUES, SIMPLE SOLUTIONS; EVALUATING THE TECHNIQUES; 2 Findings and Conclusions; GENERAL CONCLUSIONS; Scientific Evidence; Testimonials as Evidence; Conditions for Implementation; Rational Decision Making; Mechanisms for Advice; Bidding Procedures; SPECIFIC FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS; Learning During Sleep; Accelerated Learning; Improving Motor Skills; Altering Mental States; Stress Management; Influence Strategies; Group Cohesion; Parapsychology; 3 Evaluation Issues; STANDARDS FOR EVALUATING BASIC RESEARCH; STANDARDS FOR EVALUATING FIELD TESTS OF PROGRAMS; The Organizational Context; Describing a Program's Consequences; Immediate Effects; Side Effects; Assigning Value to Pilot Programs; Meeting Needs; Likelihood of Transfer; Contrast with Alternatives; CURRENT STATUS OF ARMY EVALUATIONS; QUALITATIVE APPROACHES; PART II PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; 4 Learning; LEARNING DURING SLEEP; Other Types of Learning Without Awareness; Types of Knowledge; Measurement of Memory ""Strength""; Remembering With and Without Awareness; Potential Applications of Learning During Sleep; Applications of Learning During Verified Sleep; Applications of Disrupted-Sleep Learning; Direction and Design of Future Research; Research on Stimulus-Driven Learning During EEG-Verified Sleep; Research on Sleep-Disrupted Learning; Sources of Information; ACCELERATED LEARNING; Packaged Programs for Accelerated Learning; The SALTT Classroom; The Evidence; Assumed Theoretical Support; Support for Traditional Instructional Components; Generation and Elaboration; Spacing of Repetitions; Imagery; Songs and Rhythm as Mnemonic Devices; Cooperative Learning; Advanced Organizers; Tests as Motivational Devices and Learning Events; Review of the SALTT Learning Literature; Testimonial Evidence; Confounding Factors; Weak Designs and Questionable Interpretations; Independent Evaluations; Direction and Design of Future Research; Sources of Information; 5 Improving Motor Skills; MENTAL PRACTICE; Previous Reviews; Theoretical Explanations for Mental Practice; SyberVision®; Conclusions; VISUAL CONCENTRATION; Cognitive-Behavioral Techniques; Visual Training Programs; The ProVision Training Program; Research Literature on Visual Training; Direction and Design of Future Research; Conclusions; BIOFEEDBACK; Electromyography; Electroencephalography; Spontaneous EEG Activity; Event-Related Potentials; Slow Potentials; Heart Rate; Concurrent Task Performance; Economy of Effort in Static and Dynamic Exercise; Respiration; Thermal Self-Regulation; Multiple Autonomic Responses; Conclusions; SOURCES OF INFORMATION; 6 Altering Mental States; ALTERING MENTAL STATES FOR PEAK PERFORMANCE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; The Nature of Hemispheric Differences; Information-Processing Capacity; Hemisphericity; Synchronizing Hemispheric Activity