@article{ref1,
title="Individual differences in cognitive flexibility predict performance in vigilance tasks",
journal="Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting",
year="2012",
author="Figueroa, Ivonne J. and Youmans, Robert J.",
volume="56",
number="1",
pages="1099-1103",
abstract="'Real-world' vigilance tasks are difficult to perform because they require sustained and divided attention. The present study investigated whether individual differences in a person's cognitive flexibility, the ability to abandon one cognitive strategy in favor of another, can predict performance on a vigilance task. Sixty-one undergraduate students from California State University, Northridge participated in this study. The Wisconsin Card Sorting Task was used to measure participants' level of cognitive flexibility. Vigilance was examined using a multi-screened Clock Task. Participants then performed either a nine-minute Static or Dynamic Clock task. Two variables of cognitive flexibility were found to predict signal detection. Cognitive flexibility may eventually become a useful individual difference measure that can help provide insight for vigilance training strategies.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2169-5067",
doi="10.1177/1071181312561239",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1071181312561239"
}