Cued Recall with Gaze Guiding—Reduction of Human Errors with a Gaze-Guiding Tool

Gaze guiding has been found to be effective for skill acquisition. In three studies, 120 participants learned how to operate a simulated process control task and acquired complex cognitive skills. The studies differed only in the simulated process control tasks: Study 1 consisted of a fixed-sequence task, Study 2 of a contingent-sequence task and Study 3 of a parallel-sequence task. After two weeks, the acquired skill had to be recalled. The Gaze-Guiding group received the help of a gaze-guiding tool in week 3, while the Control group received no help. The results of all studies imply that the gaze-guiding tool supported the correct execution of the tasks. In Study 3, the gaze-guiding tool also supported a higher production outcome compared to the Control group. Gaze guiding can be used as a cued recall tool for skills which require the exact execution of a procedure for different task types.

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