| Diazepam Attenuates Long-Term Behavioral Incapacitation in Rhesus Monkeys Exposed to Nerve Agents |
AUG 95 |
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| Authors:
Thomas Larsen; Carl A. Castro; ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INST OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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 | An effective treatment for nerve agent exposure consists of pyridostigmine pretreatment and atropine, pralidoxime-chloride (2-PAM) and diazepam treatment. In this study, the Serial Probe Recognition Task (SPR) was used to assess the efficacy of diazepam in ameliorating the cognitive impairments that occur when only pyridostigmine pretreatment and atropine, 2-PAM treatment are used for nerve agent exposure. Fifteen rhesus monkeys were trained to correctly respond at an 80% level on a ... |
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| Cognitive Assessment of USAF Pilot Training Candidates: Multidimensional Aptitude Battery and CogScreen-Aeromedical Edition |
AUG 95 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph D. Callister; Raymond E. King; Paul D. Retzlaff; ARMSTRONG LAB BROOKS AFB TX AEROSPACE MEDICINE DIRECTORATE
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 | Most intellectual and cognitive assessment of pilots is done with locally developed assessment devices. This paper presents the test scores of 537 USAF pilot training candidates who were tested with commercially available, 'off-the-shelf' products. Multidimensional Aptitude Battery subscale scores and summary intelligence scores were found to be well above average. Data from the new CogScreen (Aeromedical Edition) is also provided and shows consistent differences between pilot training candidates and commercial ... |
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| Military Review, Volume 75, Number 4. July-August 1995 |
AUG 95 |
116 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| CONTENTS: Letters to the Editor; Battle Command; Force XXI Battle Command; The "Bondage of Tradition"; Fear God and Dreadnought: Preparing a Unit for Confronting Fear; The Commander and Combat Stress Casualties; Building Unbreakable Units; Versatility: Command and Control During Transition Operations; Measuring Mission Success; Battlefield Dynamics; The Division Covering Force; 2d ACR and Force Projection; Redesigning Army Branch Training; Bridging Doctrinal Concepts of the Decisive Point; C2 Warfare in FM ... |
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| Workshop in Computational Neuroscience |
AUG 95 |
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| Authors:
Terrance J. Sejnowski; MARINE BIOLOGICAL LAB WOODS HOLE MA
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| The Woods Hole Workshop on Computational Neuroscience at the Marine Biological Laboratory was held for one week each August in 1992 to 1994. Each year, twenty investigators who are concerned with the computational functions of nervous systems had intense discussion on a wide range of topics in computational neuroscience, including neural mechanisms for computation, neural systems for long-term memory, neural decisions, and active perception. In addition, some members of the ... |
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| In-Depth Analysis of Army Families II (1991-1992) |
AUG 95 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH WASHINGTON DC
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| This report summarizes findings from the Survey of Army Families II (SAF-II), a mail-out survey completed by 4,897 civilian spouses (96% female) of active duty soldiers. The SAF-I survey was performed in 1987. The U.S. Army Community and Family Support Center (CFSC) is the proponent and sponsor for spouse studies on the quality of Army family life, military life stressors, and Army family program supports. SAF-II was fielded with a ... |
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| In-Depth Analysis of the Survey of Army Families (1991-1992), Volume 2 - Thematic Analysis of Spouses' Comments |
AUG 95 |
61 pages |
| Authors:
Doris B. Durand; Cindy L. Larison; Florence R. Rosenberg; WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH WASHINGTON DC
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| The 1991 Survey of Army Families (SAF) was sent out to a sample of 14,538 Army civilian spouses. The survey focused on many of the same topics as in the 1987 Survey of Army Families: housing and transportation; relocation; family programs and services; medical care; children; work experience; background of respondent; background of soldier spouse. However, a substantial portion of the current survey introduced a new topic - family issues ... |
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| Survey of Army Families II: Volume 1 - A Multivariate Analysis of CONUS Results |
AUG 95 |
77 pages |
| Authors:
WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH WASHINGTON DC
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| This report presents an analysis of the Survey of Army Families, 1991. It is based only on respondents residing CONUS, Hawaii, Alaska, Korea, and Panama; the data on spouses living in Europe are analyzed in a separate report. The number of respondents in this sample is approximately 3,000, consisting of civilian spouses of active duty soldiers. This sample has been weighted in the analysis to reflect the actual rank structure ... |
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| Measuring Quality: An Analysis of Perceived Quality at Irwin Army Community Hospital and the Customer's Intention to Return |
AUG 95 |
90 pages |
| Authors:
Jerald W. Rumph; ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES (ARMY) FORT SAM HOUSTON TX HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATI ON
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| Irwin Army Community Hospital has a means to measure patient satisfaction, however, it does not measure the customers' perceptions and expectations within multiple dimensions of quality of care. The purpose of this study was to explain whether the customers' overall satisfaction and intention to return was a function of the customers' perception of quality and if this meets his or her expectations. A sample of 505 beneficiaries were surveyed. The ... |
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| Psychophysiological Detection of Deception Accuracy Rates Obtained Using the Test for Espionage and Sabotage |
AUG 95 |
48 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLYGRAPH INST FORT MCCLELLAN AL
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| Previous research conducted by the Department of Defense Polygraph Institute indicated that the decisions of examinees who administered the test for Espionage and Sabotage (TES), were significantly more accurate at identifying programmed guilty examines than were the decisions of examiners who administered either of two Counterintelligence Scope Polygraph (CSP) formats. The new format differs from previous security screening formats in that: (1) the number of issues being tested is reduced; ... |
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| Development of Function-Based Models for Generic Object Recognition |
31 JUL 95 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Louise Stark; Kevin Bowyer; UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA TAMPA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
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| This report for the research grant F49620-92-J-0223, titled Development of function-based modeling for generic object recognition, covers the period 1 August 1994 through 31 July 1995. This report provides a summary of the major areas of activity and the current results in each area, a list of the Ph.D. candidates working on the different areas of the project and a list of publications. Copies of recent publications from Transactions on ... |
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| A Model of Psychological Stress in Peacekeeping Operations |
13 JUL 95 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Paul T. Bartone; Amy B. Adler; ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT EUROPE
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| Since the end of the Cold War, European-based US military forces have participated in a growing number of peacekeeping operations. For the past 3 years, the US Army Medical Research Unit-Europe has conducted field studies with a variety of units engaged in peacekeeping and contingency operations. The general research goal is to identify the key sources of stress in such operations, the impact on soldier health and adaptation, and factors ... |
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| Psychophysical Analyses of Perceptual Representations |
06 JUL 95 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Irving Biederman; MINNESOTA UNIV MINNEAPOLIS DEPT OF PSYCHOLOGY
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| This report is divided into two parts. The first part describes studies done at the University of Minnesota. The second part describes studies done at the University of Southern California. In both cases, full lists of citations are given to work supported in full or in part by this grant. Because most of these projects have been described in detail in previous reports, the purpose of this final report is ... |
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| Potential Utility Increases From Adding New Tests to the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) |
JUL 95 |
47 pages |
| Authors:
Frank L. Schmidt; Wendy L. Dunn; John E. Hunter; BATTELLE MEMORIAL INST RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK NC
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| This research examined whether the validity and classification utility of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASYAB) could be increased by adding additional predictors. The relevant literature indicated that ASYAB validity could be augmented by adding measures of (1) perceptual ability (to increase the validity of the ASVAB measurement of general mental ability) and (2) psychomotor ability. Adding perceptual ability increased the classification utility of the ASVAB by about 3%; ... |
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| Developing New Test Selection and Weight Stabilization Techniques for Designing Classification Efficient Composites |
JUL 95 |
63 pages |
| Authors:
Cecil D. Johnson; Joseph Zeldner; Dolores Scholarios; GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV WASHINGTON DC OFFICE OF SPONSORED RESEARCH
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| The major goal of this research was to specify a classification- efficient methodology for the construction of assignment composites of optimally selected and weighted tests drawn from a single battery of ASVAB and experimental tests and targeting a job family. The experiments examine the effects of the number of tests included in a composite, using different figures of merit as the standard for the selection of tests for components and ... |
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| Comparison of a Computerized Version to a Paper/Pencil Version of the Multidimensional Aptitude Battery (MAB) |
JUL 95 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Paul D. Retzlaff; Raymond E. King; Joseph D. Callister; ARMSTRONG LAB BROOKS AFB TX AEROSPACE MEDICINE DIRECTORATE
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| This study examined the comparability of the Armstrong Laboratory's computerized version and the original paper-and-pencil version of an intelligence test. The Multidimensional Aptitude Battery (MAB) is a multiscale test of intelligence that is widely used in aerospace cognitive testing. The research question was whether the two tests are psychometrically equivalent. Comparing the scores of 135 student pilot candidates who took the paper-and- pencil version to the scores of 402 student ... |
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| Center for Neural Engineering at Tennessee State University, ASSERT annual Progress Report |
JUL 95 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Mohan J. Malkani; TENNESSEE STATE UNIV NASHVILLE CENTER FOR NEURAL ENGINEERING
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| Three graduate students and one undergraduate student conducted research in the Center for Neural Engineering in the areas of biologically motivated neural networks. Their research topics are: (1) developing frequency dependent oscillatory neural networks; (2) long term pontentiation learning rules as applied to spatial navigation; (3) design and build a servo joint robotic arm and (4) neural network based prothesis control. One graduate student published a paper on 'dynamic current-voltage ... |
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| Decision Analysis Consulting Projects |
30 JUN 95 |
65 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffrey S. Stonebraker; Johnathon L. Dulin; James E. Friedland; Jessica J. Olson; AIR FORCE ACADEMY COLORADO SPRINGS CO
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| This report discusses a decision analysis course taught the fall semester of 1994 at the United States Air Force Academy. Students assisted five companies in the Colorado Springs business community make multi-million dollar, strategic decisions. The consultation-based format of this course provided an excellent opportunity for the students to solve real-world problems in a team- oriented manner. The students learned that such problems are not standard textbook problems. There are ... |
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| Lee's Maryland Campaign: Opportunity Lost |
16 JUN 95 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Jack C. Cuddy; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI
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| This paper examines General Robert E. Lee's advance into Maryland during the fall of 1862. It sets the stage and develops Lee's character with a brief look at his battles on the Peninsula and at Second Manassas. Subsequently, it reviews the strategic opportunities presented to the Confederacy in late 1862 and looks at Lee's options for achieving the operational goals associated with them. It reviews his risk assessment and risk ... |
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| Parallel Processing and Learning: Variability and Chaos in Self- Organization of Activity in Groups of Neurons |
06 JUN 95 |
141 pages |
| Authors:
George J. Mpitsos; OREGON STATE UNIV NEWPORT HATFIELD MARINE SCIENCE CENTER
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| GOALS: Motivated partly by our previous work, we have attempted: (1) To determine whether there is a global mechanism that automatically adjusts the strengths of the many connections that take place between neurons. (2) To determine the source of variations in neuronal firing observed during behaviorally meaningful neural activity, whether the variations arise from determmistic processes or nondeterministic ones, and to identify the synaptic or membrane mechanisms that may give ... |
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| Morale in the Army of the Cumberland during the Tullahoma and Chickamauga Campaigns |
02 JUN 95 |
133 pages |
| Authors:
Robert J. Dalessandro; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| This study examines insights into the state of morale of the Army of the Cumberland during the period of the Tullahoma and Chickamauga campaigns, covering the period from June through September 1863. The thesis focused on the organization and leadership of the Army of the Cumberland. It then examined morale as the whole of diverse factors, including national and individual factors. National and Individual factors were generally out of control ... |
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| Robert E. Lee: Character-Centered Leadership |
02 JUN 95 |
114 pages |
| Authors:
Raymond L. Naworol; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| This study examines what influences in Robert E. Lee's early life helped form his moral character. It seeks to determine what character qualities he possessed then that may have influenced his future military service and subsequently serve to inspire his future Army, the men who fought under him, and his new Nation. The study begins with the establishment of Lee's greatness as a military leader by relating what others have ... |
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| Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis: A Comparison of Civil War Commanders in Chief |
02 JUN 95 |
140 pages |
| Authors:
Michael S. Trench; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| This is a study of the effectiveness of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis as Commanders in Chief during the Civil War. It begins by comparing their backgrounds prior to assuming the Presidency; then comparing their military strategies and command structures. The final area of comparison is their involvement in the first military draft in American history. Davis bad extensive government and military experience, but exhibited personality traits early on that ... |
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| The Office of Strategic Services Psychological Selection Program |
02 JUN 95 |
113 pages |
| Authors:
Louie M. Banks; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| This study investigates the development and effectiveness of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) psychological selection program. The OSS was created in response to the Second World War to collect intelligence, and to conduct espionage, subversion, and psychological warfare. To better perform these functions, they developed the first psychological assessment center in the United States. This study evaluates this assessment program. First, the history and development of Army selection from ... |
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| Adaptive Executive Control. Flexible Human Multiple-Task Performance without Pervasive Immutable Response-Selection Bottlenecks |
01 JUN 95 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
David E. Meyer; David E. Kieras; Erick Lauber; Eric H. Schumacher; Jennifer Glass; MICHIGAN UNIV ANN ARBOR DIV OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
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| A new theoretical framework, the EPIC( Executive-Process/Interactive- Control) architecture, provides the basis for accurate detailed computational models of human multiple-task performance. Contrary to the traditional response-selection bottleneck hypothesis, EPIC's cognitive processor can select responses and do other procedural operations simultaneously for multiple concurrent tasks. Using this capacity together with flexible executive control of peripheral perceptual - motor components, EPIC computational models account well for various patterns of mean reaction times, ... |
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| Female Upper Body Dynamic Strength Requirements in High Performance Aircraft. A Selected Bibliography |
01 JUN 95 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
Barry S. Shender; NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIV WARMINSTER PA
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| The Presidential Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces has expanded the role of women in the military with its new 'gender- neutral' assignment policy. NAWCADWAR is conducting a series of tests to determine 'gender neutral' dynamic strength requirements for small stature females performing operationally relevant tasks in a high performance cockpit. This report contains a bibliography of the results of a literature review conducted prior to ... |
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| Natural Negotiation for Believable Agents |
JUN 95 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
W. S. Reilly; Joseph Bates; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| Believable agents will often need to engage in social behaviors with other agents and with a user. Believable social behaviors need to meet a number of requirements: they must be robust, they must reflect and affect the emotional state of the agent, they must take into account the interpersonal relationships with the other behavior participants, and, most importantly, they must show off the artistically defined personality of the agent. We ... |
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| The Role of Individual Differences in Choice of Strategy and Performance in a Computer-Based Task |
JUN 95 |
50 pages |
| Authors:
Jennifer A. Bohan; Deborah A. Boehm-Davis; Raphael Marshall; GEORGE MASON UNIV FAIRFAX VA
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| Past research using different learning tasks has consistently shown different performance strategy patterns for field independent and dependent individuals. This research has shown that different computer environments affect how well individuals learn and that learning is dependent upon an individual's cognitive style (Morrison & Noble, 1987; MacGregor, Shapiro, & Niemiec; 1988). other research has shown that there are individual differences (in cognitive ability, perceptual speed, and performance on a noun-pair ... |
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| The Virtual Environment Performance Assessment Battery (VEPAB): development and Evaluation |
JUN 95 |
71 pages |
| Authors:
Donald R. Lampton; Bruce W. Knerr; Stephen L. Goldberg; James P. Bliss; Michael J. Moshell; ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| The Virtual Environment Performance Assessment Battery (VEPAS) is a set of tasks developed to support research on training applications of VE(Virtual Environment) technology. VEPAS measures human performance on vision, locomotion, tracking, object manipulation, and reaction time tasks performed on three-dimensional, interactive VEs. It can be used to provide a general orientation for interacting in VEs and to determine entry-level performance and skill acquisition of users. In addition, VEPAB allows comparison ... |
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| Integrating Analogy with Rules and Explanations |
JUN 95 |
48 pages |
| Authors:
George Lawton; CALIFORNIA UNIV LOS ANGELES DEPT OF PSYCHOLOGY
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| This paper presents a new integrated artificial-intelligence model, Connecting Analogies With Rules and Explanations (CARE), which combines analogy, rule use, and the assessment of explanatory coherence. The model is applied to complex problem-solving and decision-making tasks in a variety of domains. (kar) p.3 |
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| Simulation and Training for Stress Environments: A Meta-Analytic and Experimental Evaluation |
JUN 95 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
James E. Driskell; Brian Mullen; FLORIDA MAXIMA CORP WINTER PARK
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| A vast amount of research on stress and training has been conducted in the past several decades. This research identifies approaches that are potentially effective for stress training, but often produces conflicting results that are difficult to interpret at the narrative level. It also describes a series of meta-analytic studies undertaken as part of a research project to integrate and summarize the research literature on stress training. The technical approach ... |
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| Spatial Disorientation: A Survey of U.S. Army Helicopter Accidents 1987- 1992. |
JUN 1995 |
47 pages |
| Authors:
Simon J. Durnford; John S. Crowley; Norberto R. Rosado; Jennifer Harper; Shannon DeRoche; ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LAB FORT RUCKER AL
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| All class A-C U.S. Army rotary wing accidents for the period May 87 - Apr 92 were reviewed by three flight surgeons acting independently. Those accidents in which spatial disorientation was considered to have played a major role were identified and compared to those in which spatial disorientation played no part. In addition, an attempt was made to identify the factors behind each spatial disorientation accident together with potential solutions. ... |
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| Conflict in the Military World-View: An Ethnography of an Israeli Infantry Battalion |
JUN 95 |
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| Authors:
Eyal Ben-Ari; HEBREW UNIV JERUSALEM (ISRAEL)
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| This report analyzed the organization of everyday military knowledge through a focus on the folk models that members of the armed forces have of 'soldiering' and 'commanding.' These models are of great importance because they are basic points of reference for 'what we are' and 'what we are trying to do' through which military reality is constructed. Specifically, this report represents an attempt to explore the main assumptions about, and ... |
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| Social Psychological Issues in the Adaptation of US Army Forces to Peacekeeping and Contingency Missions |
JUN 95 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Paul T. Bartone; Amy B. Adler; Mark A. Vaitkus; WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH WASHINGTON DC
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| The participation of United States military forces in United Nations sponsored peacekeeping operations has increased dramatically in recent years. This is especially true for "forward-deployed" American forces in Europe, even though since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, their numbers declined from over 300,000 to about 150,000 today. The role of these forces has also shifted from one of defense against possible Soviet aggression, to active involvement in ... |
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| Experienced Versus Inexperienced Negotiators |
JUN 95 |
127 pages |
| Authors:
Mark E. Stanley; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This research continues the work started by Patrick James Fitzsimmons in studying how experienced and inexperienced negotiators view and employ strategy, tactics, and ethics in pursuing their interests. The research was based on mock negotiations held at The Naval Postgraduate School for third quarter students studying Acquisition and Contract Management Generally, the study found both experienced and inexperienced negotiators assume a cooperative approach to the negotiation process with the inexperienced ... |
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| Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm: A Summary Report |
JUN 95 |
123 pages |
| Authors:
Kathleen M. Wright; David H. Marlowe; James A. Martin; Robert K. Gifford; Gregory L. Belenky; WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH WASHINGTON DC
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| When the United States forces deployed to the Persian Gulf in August, 1990, many senior military leaders were appropriately concerned about the psychological stress that would be created by this high-threat deployment to a harsh operational environment. To learn more about the stress of th deployment and how soldiers were adapting, the Department of Military Psychiatry, Water Reed Army Institute of Research, took a research team to Saudi Arabia to ... |
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| Factor Analysis of the ASVAB: Confirming a Vernon-Like Structure |
JUN 95 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Malcolm J. Ree; Thomas R. Caretta; ARMSTRONG LAB BROOKS AFB TX MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL DIV
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| The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), has been used in its current item and content form for more than a decade. Its latent structure, although explored in factor analyses, has never been confirmed. Several confirmatory factor analyses were conducted on Form 8a in a nationally representative sample. These included a g-only model, a three-factor hierarchical Vernon-like model, 2 four-factor first-order models, and 2 four- factor hierarchical models. Based on ... |
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| Combining Concept Mapping and Adaptive Advice to Teach Reading Comprehension |
JUN 95 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Patricia A. Carlson; Veronica Larralde; ARMSTRONG LAB BROOKS AFB TX HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTORATE
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| This paper describes a computerized learning environment for teaching the conceptual patterns of critical literacy. While the full implementation of the software treats both reading and writing this paper covers only the reading aspects of R-WISE (Reading and Writing in a Supportive Environment). The software described posits the computer as an environment, where scaffolding and adaptive advice gently guide the fledgling learner through complex, multi- dimensional intellectual activities. The software ... |
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| R-WISE: A Learning Environment to Teach Prose Composition |
JUN 95 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Patricia Carlson; Melinda L. Crevoisier; ARMSTRONG LAB BROOKS AFB TX HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTORATE
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| This paper describes a computerized environment for teaching the conceptual patterns of critical literacy. While the full implementation of the software covers both reading and writing, this paper discusses only the writing aspect of R-WISE (Reading and Writing in a Supportive Environment). The project is part of a seven year Air Force Effort--Fundamental Skills Training or (FST)-- to transition advanced computer-aided instruction to the public school sector. This paper gives ... |
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| The Effects of Rater Training and Practice and Feedback on the Accuracy of Behavioral Observation and Performance Ratings |
JUN 95 |
153 pages |
| Authors:
Steven J. Cesare; Terry L. Dickinson; ARMSTRONG LAB BROOKS AFB TX HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTORATE
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| The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of training method and amount of training and feedback on the accuracy of performance rating and behavioral observation. Results indicated that frame-of- reference training produced the most accurate performance rating, cognitive modeling training was the most effective training strategy m reducing the raters 1 -hit rates, and practice-and-feedback failed to improve either observation or rating accuracy. Interpretation and suggestions for ... |
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| A Comparison of Psychophysiological Detection of Deception Accuracy Rates Obtained Using the Counterintelligence Scope Polygraph and the Test for Espionage and Sabotage Question Formats |
JUN 95 |
66 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLYGRAPH INST FORT MCCLELLAN AL
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| The purpose of this study was to compare the decision accuracy rates obtained using a new psychophysiological detection of deception test, the Test for Espionage and Sabotage (TES), to those obtained using two versions of the counterintelligence scope polygraph (CSP) format; the CSP format using probable lie control (PLC) questions (CSP-PLC), and the CSP format using directed lie control (DLC) questions (CSP-DLC). The TES format differs from the CSP formats ... |
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| Military Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) |
JUN 95 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (FORCE MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL) WASHINGTON DC
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| This report describes military Morale. Welfare. and Recreation (MWR) Program (exclusive of private organizations as defined in DoD Instruction 1000. 15 (reference k) located on DoD installations or on property controlled (by lease or other means) by a Military Department or furnished by a DoD contractor that provide for the mission sustainment, community support, and revenue generating programs for authorized personnel. These include programs listed in enclosure 4 of DoD ... |
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| Gender, Stress and Coping in the U.S. Military. Volume 1, Trauma, Stress and Health: Military Women in Combat, Deployment and Contingency Operations |
JUN 95 |
317 pages |
| Authors:
Robert J. Ursano; UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIV OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES BETHESDA MD DEPT OF PSYCHIATRY
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| The systematic study of the effects of trauma on women's health is important for women in all branches of service. There is a close interplay between performance, health and psychosocial factors in responding to trauma, disaster, and combat. Understanding the gender specific responses associated with traumatic stress is important for the development of command policy, training scenarios, and medical care procedures. Available data on responses to various traumatic events can ... |
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| Gender, Stress and Coping in the U.S. Military. Volume III, Performance |
JUN 95 |
260 pages |
| Authors:
Robert J. Ursano; UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIV OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES BETHESDA MD DEPT OF PSYCHIATRY
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| The systematic study of the effects of trauma on women's health is important for women in all branches of service. There is a close interplay between performance, health and psychosocial factors in responding to trauma, disaster, and combat. Understanding the gender specific responses associated with traumatic stress is important for the development of command policy, training scenarios, and medical care procedures. Available data on responses to various traumatic events can ... |
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| Gender, Stress and Coping in the U.S. Military. Volume II, Historical Perspectives on Acculturation, Performance, Deployment, and Contingency Stress |
JUN 95 |
170 pages |
| Authors:
Robert J. Ursano; UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIV OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES BETHESDA MD DEPT OF PSYCHIATRY
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| The systematic study of the effects of trauma on women's health is important for women in all branches of service. There is a close interplay between performance, health and psychosocial factors in responding to trauma, disaster, and combat. Understanding the gender specific responses associated with traumatic stress is important for the development of command policy, training scenarios, and medical care procedures. Available data on responses to various traumatic events can ... |
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| Gender, Stress and Coping in the U.S. Military. Volume IV, Training, Deployment, and Contingency Stressors |
JUN 95 |
252 pages |
| Authors:
Robert J. Ursano; UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIV OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES BETHESDA MD DEPT OF PSYCHIATRY
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| The systematic study of the effects of trauma on women's health is important for women in all branches of service. There is a close interplay between performance, health and psychosocial factors in responding to trauma, disaster, and combat. Understanding the gender specific responses associated with traumatic stress is important for the development of command policy, training scenarios, and medical care procedures. Available data on responses to various traumatic events can ... |
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| The Role of Individual Differences in Choice of Strategy and Performance in a Computer-Based Task |
JUN 1995 |
50 pages |
| Authors:
Jennifer A. Bohan; Deborah A. Boehm-Davis; Raphael Marshall; GEORGE MASON UNIV FAIRFAX VA
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| Past research using different learning tasks has consistently shown different performance strategy patterns for field independent and dependent individuals. This research has shown that different computer environments affect how well individuals learn and that learning is dependent upon an individual's cognitive style (Morrison & Noble, 1987; MacGregor, Shapiro, & Niemiec; 1988). Other research has shown that there are individual differences (in cognitive ability, perceptual speed, and performance on a noun-pair ... |
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| The Innovators: High-Impact Researchers at the Human Engineering Division, Armstrong Laboratory |
JUN 1995 |
66 pages |
| Authors:
Gary Klein; Rob Hutton; KLEIN ASSOCIATES INC FAIRBORN OH
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| There are several ways to benefit from lessons learned. One is to ferret out mistakes and issue procedures to prevent future errors. This study used a different strategy. We examined Armstrong Laboratory projects performed by successful researchers to try to find common themes that could be used to encourage more successes. Interviews were conducted individually with eleven scientists and engineers at the Human Engineering Division Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The ... |
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| Organization of Receptive Fields in Networks with Hebbian Learning. The Connection between Synaptic and Phenomenological Models |
30 MAY 95 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Harel Shouval; Leon N. Cooper; BROWN UNIV PROVIDENCE RI INST FOR BRAIN AND NEURAL SYSTEMS
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| In this paper we address the question of how does the lateral interaction affect the formation and organization of receptive fields in a network composed of interacting neurons with Hebbian type learning. We will show how to partially decouple the single cell effects from the network effects, and how some phenomenological models can be seen as approximations to these learning networks. We show that the interaction effects the structure of ... |
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| Visual Perception and Memory of Objects |
29 MAY 95 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Anne Treisman; CALIFORNIA UNIV BERKELEY DEPT OF PSYCHOLOGY
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| We have worked on a number of different projects relating to visual perception and memory for features and objects, exploring the processing that converts visual sensory data to representations of objects and events. An important focus has been to define the role played by attention in this processing and in the - memory representations which result. I divide this report into four main sections: One deals with studies of relatively ... |
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| Psychological Well-Being and Physical Health Symptoms of Soldiers Deployed for Operation Uphold Democracy. A Summary of Human Dimensions Research in Haiti |
25 MAY 95 |
68 pages |
| Authors:
Ronald R. Halverson; Paul D. Bliese; Robert E. Moore; Carl A. Castro; WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH WASHINGTON DC
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| A Human Dimensions Research (HDR) team was formed and sent to Haiti to assess the psychological status and adaptation of the U.S. Army force deployed for Operation Uphold Democracy. Research questionnaires were collected from 3,205 soldiers, interviews were conducted with 267 soldiers, and 1,250 soldiers provided 2,650 verbatim comments regarding the operation which were content analyzed. The HDR results demonstrated that, when viewed as a population, soldiers deployed to Haiti ... |
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Psychology
