Evidence accumulation modelling in the wild: Understanding safety-critical decisions

Evidence accumulation models (EAMs) are a class of computational cognitive model used to understand the latent cognitive processes that underlie human decisions and response times (RTs). They have seen widespread application in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. However, historically, the applic...

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Main Authors: Boag, Russell, Strickland, Luke, Heathcote, Andrew, Neal, Andrew, Palada, Hector, Loft, Shayne
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2022
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP200101842
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89740
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author Boag, Russell
Strickland, Luke
Heathcote, Andrew
Neal, Andrew
Palada, Hector
Loft, Shayne
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Strickland, Luke
Heathcote, Andrew
Neal, Andrew
Palada, Hector
Loft, Shayne
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description Evidence accumulation models (EAMs) are a class of computational cognitive model used to understand the latent cognitive processes that underlie human decisions and response times (RTs). They have seen widespread application in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. However, historically, the application of these models was limited to simple decision tasks. Recently, researchers have applied these models to gain insight into the cognitive processes that underlie observed behaviour in applied domains, such as air-traffic control (ATC), driving, forensic and medical image discrimination, and maritime surveillance. Here, we discuss how this modelling approach helps researchers understand how the cognitive system adapts to task demands and interventions, such as task automation. We also discuss future directions and argue for wider adoption of cognitive modelling in Human Factors research.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-897402024-01-24T00:18:14Z Evidence accumulation modelling in the wild: Understanding safety-critical decisions Boag, Russell Strickland, Luke Heathcote, Andrew Neal, Andrew Palada, Hector Loft, Shayne Evidence accumulation models (EAMs) are a class of computational cognitive model used to understand the latent cognitive processes that underlie human decisions and response times (RTs). They have seen widespread application in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. However, historically, the application of these models was limited to simple decision tasks. Recently, researchers have applied these models to gain insight into the cognitive processes that underlie observed behaviour in applied domains, such as air-traffic control (ATC), driving, forensic and medical image discrimination, and maritime surveillance. Here, we discuss how this modelling approach helps researchers understand how the cognitive system adapts to task demands and interventions, such as task automation. We also discuss future directions and argue for wider adoption of cognitive modelling in Human Factors research. 2022 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89740 10.1016/j.tics.2022.11.009 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP200101842 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP210100313 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Elsevier fulltext
spellingShingle Boag, Russell
Strickland, Luke
Heathcote, Andrew
Neal, Andrew
Palada, Hector
Loft, Shayne
Evidence accumulation modelling in the wild: Understanding safety-critical decisions
title Evidence accumulation modelling in the wild: Understanding safety-critical decisions
title_full Evidence accumulation modelling in the wild: Understanding safety-critical decisions
title_fullStr Evidence accumulation modelling in the wild: Understanding safety-critical decisions
title_full_unstemmed Evidence accumulation modelling in the wild: Understanding safety-critical decisions
title_short Evidence accumulation modelling in the wild: Understanding safety-critical decisions
title_sort evidence accumulation modelling in the wild: understanding safety-critical decisions
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP200101842
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP200101842
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89740