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Seeing through Expert Eyes

Ace decision makers may perceive distinctive worlds

An emerging field of research explores what it means to be an expert in fields ranging from firefighting to medicine.

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 3, July 18, 1998, p. 44.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

References:

Dreyfus, H.L., and S.E. Dreyfus. 1986. Mind over machine. New York: Free Press.

Hoffrage, U., and G. Gigerenzer. 1998. Using natural frequencies to improve diagnostic inferences. Academic Medicine 73(May):538.

Klein, G.A. 1998. Sources of Power. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.

Schmitt, J.F., and G.A. Klein. 1996. Fighting in the fog: Dealing with battlefield uncertainty. Marine Corps Gazette (August):62.

Shanteau, J. 1998. Why do experts disagree? Fourth Conference on Naturalistic Decision Making. May. Warrenton, Va.

Stewart, T., and N. Hsaio. 1997. Judgmental accuracy and task predictability. Brunswick Society Meeting. November. Philadelphia.

Stewart, T., P.J. Roebber, and L.F. Bosart. 1997. The importance of the task in analyzing expert judgment. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 69(March):205.

Weick, K.E. 1998. Naturalistic decision making in wildland fire disasters. Fourth Conference on Naturalistic Decision Making. May. Warrenton, Va.

 

Further Readings:

Bower, B. 1996. Rational mind designs. Science News 150(July 13):24.

 

Sources:

Gerd Gigerenzer
Max Plank Institute for Human Development
Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition
Lentzeallee 94
D-14195 Berlin
Germany

Ulrich Hoffrage
Max Plank Institute for Human Development
Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition
Lentzeallee 94
D-14195 Berlin
Germany
E-mail: hoffrage@mpib-berlin.mpg.de

Gary Klein
Klein Associates, Inc.
582 East Dayton-Yellow Springs Road
Fairborn, OH 45324-3987

John F. Schmitt
U.S. Marine Corps
2801 Valley Brook Drive
Champaign, IL 61821

James Shanteau
Kansas State University
Department of Psychology
Bluemont Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506

Thomas R. Stewart
State University of New York at Albany
Center for Policy Research
Milne 300
135 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12222

Kim Vicente
University of Toronto
Department of Industrial Engineering
5 King's College Road
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G8
Canada

Karl E. Weick
University of Michigan
School of Business Administration
503 Thompson Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234

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