Traditional cognitive engineering approaches do not adequately address the breadth of human performance issues in revolutionary Command and Control (C2) systems. Consequently, a bestpractices approach has been developed. This paper describes an integrated cognitive engineering approach—the Effects-based Decision Analysis Methodology (EDAM)—for the requirements analysis and design of revolutiona...

Introduction: The use of e-learning and computer-aided methods is rapidly on the rise in medical and nursing education. Therefore, given the conflicting findings and lack of systematic clinical trials on comparison of the effects of e-learning and traditional methods in nursing education, this study aimed to assess the effects of offline e-Learning on cognitive learning (levels of knowledge, co...

The role of cognitive vulnerability in the development of depressive symptoms in youth might depend on age and gender. The current study examined cognitive vulnerability models in relationship to depressive symptoms from a developmental perspective. For that purpose, 805 youth (aged 10-18, 59.9% female) completed self-report measures. Stress-reactive rumination was strongly related to depressiv...

Standards-referenced educational reform has increased the prevalence of standardized testing; however, whether these tests accurately measure students' competencies has been questioned. This may be due to domain-specific assessments placing a differing domain-general cognitive load on test-takers. To investigate this possibility, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to identify...

The authors used a computerized neurocognitive assessment tool (CNS Vital Sign, CNSVS) in a pediatric trauma patient in the emergency department to examine neurocognitive functioning in children and adolescents. They compared a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) group with orthopedic injury controls (OICs). CNSVS was developed to rapidly screen cognitive abilities and has high adequate concurre...

The neuropsychology of anosognosia for memory impairment in Alzheimer's disease (AD) was examined in 92 AD patients and 92 case matched individuals for comparison, using three quantitative methods of assessment: Experimenter Rating Scale (ERS), Objective Judgement Discrepancy (OJD) and Subjective-Rating Discrepancy (SRD). The OJD showed significant domain specific correlations with memory funct...

To study cognitive and social factors that facilitate the tutor-learning effect, we have developed an on-line game-like environment where students learn algebra equation solving by teaching a computer agent, called SimStudent. SimStudent is a first pedagogical teachable agent that commits to genuine inductive learning and studied in authentic classroom settings. Our Learning by Teaching (LBT) e...