Presentation
Mitigating the Effects of Task Switching in Baggage Screeners
Event Type
Lecture
In-Person
Augmented Cognition
Cybersecurity
TimeWednesday, October 6th8:45am - 9:00am EDT
LocationGrand Salon I
DescriptionUsing a simulated baggage screening task, we investigated two literature-supported mitigation strategies for reducing the negative effects of task switching, namely less frequent switching and memory support. The study replicates widely reported switching effects on a complex task. The results also show that people can improve performance when provided memory support. When task switching, people can struggle to retrieve the correct task instruction due to the automatic process behind functional memory decay. Memory support reduces the negative effects of functional decay by providing people a reminder.
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