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Task analysis

About: Task analysis is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 10432 publications have been published within this topic receiving 283481 citations.


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01 Jan 1985
TL;DR: It is concluded that human factors research in the area of driver behavior has hardly been touched by the “cognitive revolution” that swept psychology in the past fifteen years.
Abstract: There appears to be a lack of new ideas in driver behavior modeling. Although behavioral research is under some pressure, it seems too facile to attribute this deplorable state of affairs only to a lack of research funds. In my opinion the causal chain may well run in the opposite direction. An analysis of what is wrong has led me to the conclusion that human factors research in the area of driver behavior has hardly been touched by the “cognitive revolution” that swept psychology in the past fifteen years. A more cognitive approach might seem advisable and the “promise of progress” of such an approach should be assessed.

1,275 citations

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TL;DR: This paper found that forecast accuracy is positively associated with analysts' experience and employer size, and negatively associated with the number of firms and industries followed by the analyst (measures of task complexity).

1,242 citations

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John W. Payne1
TL;DR: Reviews the literature showing the effects of task and context variables on decision behavior and evaluates alternative theories for handlingtask and context effects, including cost/benefit principles, perceptual processes, and adaptive production systems.
Abstract: Reviews the literature showing the effects of task and context variables on decision behavior and evaluates alternative theories for handling task and context effects. These frameworks include (a) cost/benefit principles, (b) perceptual processes, and (c) adaptive production systems. Both the cost/b

1,228 citations

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TL;DR: The task-switching paradigm offers enormous possibilities to study cognitive control as well as task interference, and the current review provides an overview of recent research on both topics.
Abstract: The task-switching paradigm offers enormous possibilities to study cognitive control as well as task interference. The current review provides an overview of recent research on both topics. First, we review different experimental approaches to task switching, such as comparing mixed-task blocks with single-task blocks, predictable task-switching and task-cuing paradigms, intermittent instructions, and voluntary task selection. In the 2nd part, we discuss findings on preparatory control mechanisms in task switching and theoretical accounts of task preparation. We consider preparation processes in two-stage models, consider preparation as an all-or-none process, address the question of whether preparation is switch-specific, reflect on preparation as interaction of cue encoding and memory retrieval, and discuss the impact of verbal mediation on preparation. In the 3rd part, we turn to interference phenomena in task switching. We consider proactive interference of tasks and inhibition of recently performed tasks indicated by asymmetrical switch costs and n-2 task-repetition costs. We discuss stimulus-based interference as a result of stimulus-based response activation and stimulus-based task activation, and response-based interference because of applying bivalent rather than univalent responses, response repetition effects, and carryover of response selection and execution. In the 4th and final part, we mention possible future research fields.

1,223 citations

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TL;DR: The theoretical framework and methodology are used to analyze the hierarchical structure of the Tower of Hanoi problem and the nature of external representations is discussed.

1,208 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202328
202264
2021665
2020819
2019737
2018834