Revised Space Fortress: A validation study |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Wayne?L?ShebilskeEmail author Richard?A?Volz Kevin?M?Gildea Judson?W?Workman Maitreyi?Nanjanath Sen?Cao Jonathan?Whetzel |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., 45435-0001 Dayton, OH;(2) Texas A &M University, College Station, Texas;(3) Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio |
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Abstract: | We describe briefly the redevelopment of Space Fortress (SF), a research tool widely used to study training of complex tasks
involving both cognitive and motor skills, to be executed on currentgeneration systems with significantly extended capabilities,
and then compare the performance of human participants on an original PC version of Space Fortress (SF) with the revised Space
Fortress (RSF). Participants trained on SF or RSF for 10 sets of eight 3-min practice trials and two 3-min test trials. They
then took tests involving retention, resistance to secondary task interference, and transfer to a different control system.
They then switched from SF to RSF or from RSF to SF for 2 sets of final tests and completed rating scales comparing RSF and
SF. Slight differences were predicted on the basis of a scoring error in the original version of SF used and on slightly more
precise joystick control in RSF. The predictions were supported. The SF group started better but did worse when they transferred
to RSF. Despite the disadvantage of having to be cautious in generalizing from RSF to SF, we conclude that RSF has many advantages,
which include accommodating new PC hardware and new training techniques. A monograph that presents the methodology used in
creating RSF, details on its performance and validation, and directions on how to download free copies of the system may be
downloaded from www .psychonomic.org/archive/. |
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