The Team-Mate Identification (TM-ID) Test: Effect of Participant and Situation Familiarity on Response Accuracy and Latency

Steel, Kylie A; Adams, Roger; Canning, Colleen G.; Eisenhuth, John

doi:10.1260/1747-9541.5.2.281

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“…Furthermore, subsequent studies demonstrated that athletes had the capacity to perform this task in sport relevant time (<500 ms; Steel, Adams, Canning, & Eisenhuth, 2010;Steel & Dogramaci, 2015). In each study, participants displayed significantly above chance levels for discrimination accuracy, although some members performed close to chance.…”

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“…The identification of such personnel can be accomplished by using simple testing methods, such as those used by Steel et al, (2010). Video footage of teammates and nonteammates were temporally occluded and formulated a randomized sequence whereby observers used a latency device to indicate teammate affiliation and confidence in this decision.…”

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Can biological motion research provide insight on how to reduce friendly fire incidents?

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Baxter

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Psychon Bull Rev

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The ability to accurately detect, perceive, and recognize biological motion can be associated with a fundamental drive for survival, and it is a significant interest for perception researchers. This field examines various perceptual features of motion and has been assessed and applied in several real-world contexts (e.g., biometric, sport). Unexplored applications still exist however, including the military issue of friendly fire. There are many causes and processes leading to friendly fire and specific challenges that are associated with visual information extraction during engagement, such as brief glimpses, low acuity, camouflage, and uniform deception. Furthermore, visual information must often be processed under highly stressful (potentially threatening), timeconstrained conditions that present a significant problem for soldiers. Biological motion research and anecdotal evidence from experienced combatants suggests that intentions, emotions, identities of human motion can be identified and discriminated, even when visual display is degraded or limited. Furthermore, research suggests that perceptual discriminatory capability of movement under visually constrained conditions is trainable. Therefore, given the limited military research linked to biological motion and friendly fire, an opportunity for cross-disciplinary investigations exists. The focus of this paper is twofold: first, to provide evidence for the possible link between biological motion factors and friendly fire, and second, to propose conceptual and methodological considerations and recommendations for perceptual-cognitive training within current military programs.

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Can biological motion research provide insight on how to reduce friendly fire incidents?

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Dogramaci³

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“…the present aim was to evaluate whether liking for a teammate influenced the temporal aspects of decision making in the Teammate Identification (TM-ID) Test (Steel, et al, 2010). Whereas in previous research, head-down swimmers were filmed from above, in the current research water-polo players (teammate participants) and club swimmers (unknown distractors) were filmed from below the water line, performing a straight-line, head-down, sprint swim.…”

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“…of viewing for swimming water-polo players (Steel, et al, 2006). A subsequent study (Steel, Adams, Canning, & Eisenhuth, 2010) demonstrated that these decisions could be made in less than 500 msec., which is fast enough to be relevant in sport. Furthermore, this perception was related to the duration of time the teammates had trained together.…”

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“…Whereas in previous research, head-down swimmers were filmed from above, in the current research water-polo players (teammate participants) and club swimmers (unknown distractors) were filmed from below the water line, performing a straight-line, head-down, sprint swim. footage from an underwater camera showed some of the swimmer's facial features, and water-polo players may view from this perspective for up to 18% of game time (Steel, et al, 2010). This perspective was chosen to enhance the likelihood that the response times collected would be influenced by identification of the specific individual, not just the information that the person was a teammate.…”

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Liking and Response Latency in Teammate Identification: Processing Delays below Conscious Awareness?

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Success in fast-ball sports relies on many factors which interact at both movement and cognitive levels. Players must recognize their teammates and decide whether to pass the ball to create or take advantage of scoring affordances. Previous research has shown athletes can identify teammates from brief visual displays during fast-ball sports and this is related to the amount of time individuals train together. However, it is likely other factors also affect recognition and, consequently, decision making related to ball passing. The present study extended the Teammate Identification (TM-ID) paradigm to examine magnitude of liking of one's teammates in relation to response time components of TM-ID. An increase in movement time was found for identifying a swimmer who was the observer's "least liked" teammate, which suggests that processes below conscious awareness may influence the time taken for sport actions directed toward specific teammates, such as ball passing.

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Trainability of novel person recognition based on brief exposure to form and motion cues

Steel

Robbins²,

Nijhuis³

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Fast and accurate recognition of teammates is crucial in contexts as varied as fast-moving sports, the military, and law enforcement engagements; misrecognition can result in lost scoring opportunities in sport or friendly fire in combat contexts. Initial studies on teammate recognition in sport suggests that athletes are adept at this perceptual ability but still susceptible to errors. The purpose of the current proof-of-concept study was to explore the trainability of teammate recognition from very brief exposure to vision of the whole-body form and motion of a previously unknown individual. Participants were divided into three groups: a 4-week training group who were also the actors for the test and training footage, a 2-week training group, and a no-training group. Findings revealed significant differences between the training groups and their improvement from the pre-to post-test on Response Accuracy and Movement Time. The current study found the best performance in the 4-week Training group. The biggest improvement was found in the 2-week training group, whilst no significant improvement was made in the Control group. These results suggest that training was effective, but also indicate that having initially performed the movements as actors may have led to improvements in baseline testing and ultimately the best results, thus physical performance of skills combined with video-based training may reduce the amount of time needed to improve teammate identification.

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The Team-Mate Identification (TM-ID) Test: Effect of Participant and Situation Familiarity on Response Accuracy and Latency

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Can biological motion research provide insight on how to reduce friendly fire incidents?

Can biological motion research provide insight on how to reduce friendly fire incidents?

Liking and Response Latency in Teammate Identification: Processing Delays below Conscious Awareness?

Trainability of novel person recognition based on brief exposure to form and motion cues

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