TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Individual differences in cognitive flexibility predict performance in vigilance tasks
JO  - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting
A1  - Figueroa, Ivonne J.
A1  - Youmans, Robert J.
SP  - 1099
EP  - 1103
VL  - 56
IS  - 1
N2  - '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> 
LA  - en
SN  - 2169-5067
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1071181312561239
ID  - ref1
ER  -