Table Of ContentFields of Practice and
Applied Solutions within
Distributed Team Cognition
Fields of Practice and
Applied Solutions within
Distributed Team Cognition
Edited by Michael D. McNeese, Eduardo Salas,
and Mica R. Endsley
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Title: Fields of practice and applied solutions within distributed team cognition / edited by
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Dedication
Just over four years ago I was sitting in an uncomfortable
chair listening to the infusion pump load chemicals into
Judy (my wife) to combat ovarian cancer. It was hard to
concentrate on the ideas I was putting together and my
mind wandered incessantly. I was on sabbatical for the fall
semester from Penn State. Little did I know that I would be
sitting in Mount Nittany Medical Center taking care of Judy
as she went through chemotherapy. Fortunately, I was able
to devote time as a caregiver simultaneous with focusing
on academic goals set for myself while on sabbatical. One
of those goals was to create an interdisciplinary handbook
that would examine a spectrum of contemporary topics
within the cross sections of distributed cognition and team
cognition as they applied within given contexts of use. The
result of that seed concept is this Handbook of Distributed
Team Cognition. I would like to dedicate this handbook
to Judy for the strength, courage, character, and positive
outlook she showed during her time of confronting cancer
and fghting to get healthy. By the grace of God, she is
now cancer‑free and healthy again. We just had our 40th
anniversary of marriage this May of 2020—we celebrate
our mutual love and continued commitment to support each
other in every way possible. We look at life as an adventure
that may present unexpected yet benefcial experiences that
make us better humans. I love you.
Michael D. McNeese
Contents
Prefaceix
Editors xi
Contributors xiii
Primer (Introduction) xv
Chapter 1 Wrapping Team Members’ Heads around Managing
Virtual Team-Related Paradoxes 1
John E. Mathieu, Jean Brittain Leslie, and
Margaret M. Luciano
Chapter 2 Stabilizing Digital Infrastructures in Distributed Social
Science Collaboration 21
Steve Sawyer, Jaime Snyder, Matt Willis, Sarika Sharma,
Carsten Østerlund, and Emma Allen
Chapter 3 Collaborative Board Games as Authentic Assessments
of Professional Practices, Including Team Cognition
and Other 21st-Century Soft Skills 37
Michael F. Young, Jonna M. Kulikowich,
and Beomkyu Choi
Chapter 4 Improving Situation Awareness in Social Unrest
Using Twitter: A Methodological Approach 69
Peter K. Forster and Samantha Weirman
Chapter 5 Situation Awareness in Medical Teamwork 89
Zhan Zhang and Diana Kusunoki
Chapter 6 Team Dynamics of Cybersecurity: Challenges and
Opportunities for Team Cognition 117
Vincent Mancuso and Sarah McGuire
Chapter 7 Distributed Cognition and Human-Co-Robot Manufacturing
Teams: Issues in Design and Implementation 155
Lora A. Cavuoto and Ann M. Bisantz
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Chapter 8 Subsidiary and Polycentric Control: Implications
for Interface Design 177
John M. Flach and Kevin B. Bennett
Chapter 9 The Cognitive Wingman: Considerations for Trust,
Humanness, and Ethics When Developing and Applying
AI Systems 191
Michael D. Coovert, Matthew S. Arbogast,
and Ewart J. de Visser
Index 219
Preface
Many different cognitive research approaches have been generated to explore what
is meaningful and resonant in felds of practice where mutual teamwork is present
and emergent Results have shown subtle yet signifcant fndings on how humans
actually work together and when they transition from their own individual roles
and niches into elements of teamwork and even “team-to-team” work Likewise,
studies employing felds of practice have revealed highly informative data as to
how humans (groups, teams) work with unique tools and technologies and adapt
them for specifc situations, and concomitantly how tools and technologies can
be designed to ft with individual differences and teamwork With many felds of
practice utilizing various computational functions—often situated within online
systems and data—experience, practice, and learning are highly distributed across
objects, tools, interfaces, environments, and people in dynamic and unique ways
This volume, as part of overall set comprising the Handbook of Distributed Team
Cognition, represents and offers an understanding of specifc felds of practice that
(1) are discovered using differing methodological approaches, (2) employ innovative
aspects of computing and technology within a situated environment, and (3) are highly
coupled with data/information science products about how cognition emerges and is
applied and practiced in the real world Study of real-world environments provides
continuously refned specifcities of “knowing” wherein experts can be delineated
from novices
Technology is absolutely changing the world we live in and how we come to
defne what we do and how we do it In some cases, it produces negative impacts,
but in other cases it amplifes the bandwidth of what is possible and increases value
and worth of our well-being This is certainly the case when one examines the role
cognition has in teamwork as it is distributed across dynamic contexts
The provision of computational support and technological innovation absolutely
changes specifc areas of cognition such as pattern recognition, attention, memory,
learning, situation awareness, decision making, problem solving, judgment, percep-
tion, calculation, creativity, language, and imagination as well as how these areas are
distributed across teams, ecologies, and social systems One can see this just in the
area of medical practice where new support technologies and medical informatics
improve the diagnostic capabilities of the medical team and enhance the quality and
length of life for people undergoing many types of illness and distress However, as
we have seen in the past, if technology is designed without human considerations in
mind—or if it is used in the wrong way without proper training—then errors, fail-
ures, or even loss of life may occur The contemporary study and comprehension of
distributed team cognition cannot be constrained and reconciled in an isolated vac-
uum Rather it must be considered in the broader context within which it occurs—
which in part is governed by the powers of technologies, information science, and
computation Cognition not only takes place in our minds, but it is distributed across
time, history, context, culture, and place, and with the realization that technologies
creates new experiences of use
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