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Macrocognition in Teams: Examining and Developing Team Cognitive Processes and Products in the Context of Long Duration Exploration Missions (Completed)

Last Published: 07/31/19 10:05:33 AM (Central)

Task Book: Entry
Principal Investigator: Fiore, Stephen

Short Title: Team Problem Solving

Responsible HRP Element: Human Factors and Behavioral Performance

Collaborating Org(s):

Other:

Funding Status: Completed - Task completed and produced a deliverable

Procurement Mechanism(s):

Solicited

Aims:
This study takes a multidisciplinary approach designed to refine and validate the macrocognition in teams model (MITM) in the context of LDEM and use this as the theoretical foundation to develop and validate training protocols that lead to resilient team cognitive processes. In doing so, the research team takes a multi-pronged approach combining analysis of archival documents and qualitative coding of crew communication in analog environments with new ground-based and analog studies. The goal is to: (1) provide a richer understanding of team cognition and its relation to team performance in space crews and the larger multi-team system and (2) use this understanding to refine and validate training to mitigate decrements in team cognition.

Resources (Ground Analog)

Deliverables (2)

Category: Risk Characterization, Quantification
Subcategory: Evidence or Risk Characterization

Description:
Final report providing evidence on the effects of team cognitive processes on team performance. Promotes gap closure by addressing metric for interim progress (2) solicit and implement studies to benchmark team function variations in different long duration ground analog environments.
The customer is Mission Operations, including the Mission Planners.

Internal Customers:
Human Factors and Behavioral Performance
External Customers:
MOD - Mission Operations Directorate

Is a Customer-Supplier Agreement (CSA) Required? No

Category: Countermeasure
Subcategory: Protocol

Description:
Protocol for improving team cognitive processes in order to maintain and/or improve team performance on long duration exploration missions. Promotes gap closure by addressing metric for interim progress (2) solicit and implement studies to benchmark team function variations in different long duration ground analog environments.
The customer is Mission Operations, including the Mission Planners.

Internal Customers:
Human Factors and Behavioral Performance
External Customers:
None

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Risk of Adverse Cognitive or Behavioral Conditions and Psychiatric Disorders

CBS-BMed2: We need to identify and validate measures to monitor behavioral health and performance during exploration class missions to determine acceptable thresholds for these measures.

CBS-BMed3: We need to identify and quantify the key threats to and promoters of mission relevant behavioral health and performance during autonomous, long duration and/or long distance exploration missions.

Macrocognition in Teams: Examining and Developing Team Cognitive Processes and Products in the Context of Long Duration Exploration Missions

Risk of Performance and Behavioral Health Decrements Due to Inadequate Cooperation, Coordination, Communication, and Psychosocial Adaptation within a Team

Team Gap 1: We need to understand the key threats, indicators, and evolution of the team throughout its life cycle for autonomous, long duration and/or distance exploration missions.

Team Gap 5: We need to identify validated ground-based training methods that can be both preparatory and continuing to maintain team function in autonomous, long duration, and/or distance exploration missions.

Macrocognition in Teams: Examining and Developing Team Cognitive Processes and Products in the Context of Long Duration Exploration Missions

Risk of Performance Errors Due to Training Deficiencies

TRAIN-01: We do not know which validated objective measures of operator proficiency and of training effectiveness should be used for future long-duration exploration missions. (Previous title: SHFE-TRAIN-01)

Macrocognition in Teams: Examining and Developing Team Cognitive Processes and Products in the Context of Long Duration Exploration Missions

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Ground-Based Flight Analogs Controlled Research Analog, Short Duration (2 months or less) – isolated and confined with spaceflight mission scenario [e.g., HERA, NEEMO] ICE Field Analog, Long Duration (4 months or more) – isolated, confined and extreme; may not have spaceflight mission scenario [e.g., Antarctica]
Number of Subjects	60

Common Item(s)
	Risk of Adverse Cognitive or Behavioral Conditions and Psychiatric Disorders
	CBS-BMed3: We need to identify and quantify the key threats to and promoters of mission relevant behavioral health and performance during autonomous, long duration and/or long distance exploration missions.