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Publications
Conference
Presentations
- Maier, H. N., & Taber,
K. H. (2007). Cognitive load dynamics in training of tactical decision making.
8th Conference of Naturalistic
Decision Making, June 4-6, 2007, Asilomar, CA (accepted)
abstract
- Maier, H. N.
(2006). Martial Arts as Puzzles: Tactical Cognition. Mensa World Gathering,
Orlando, FL. Aug. 8-13, 2006.
- Maier, H. N.
(2006). Why Would an M Practice Martial Arts? Mensa World Gathering, Orlando,
FL. Aug. 8-13, 2006.
- Maier, H. N.
(2004). Management of cognitive load dynamics in a complex high-speed
oppositional task. 48th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, New
Orleans LA. Sept. 20-24, 2004
- Maier, H. N.
(2004). Thinking Outside the Box(er) (sm), Hands-on Problem-Solving.
American Creativity Association,
Houston TX. April 1-3, 2004.
- Maier, H. N.,
& Taber, K. H. (2003). Measurement of initiative in high-speed tactical
decision making.
6th
Conference of Naturalistic Decision Making, May 15-17, 2003, Pensacola
Beach, FL.
- Maier, H. N.,
& Stricker, A. (2001). Software-driven sociogram generation for small-group
analysis. Human.Systems 2001: Exploring the Human Frontier (NASA), June 20-22,
2001, Clear Lake City, TX.
- Maier, H. N.
(2001). Structuring random practice through Markov processes. Educational
Research Exchange, March 21, 2001, Texas A&M University.
- Maier, H. N.
(1998). Working the CenterLine: Defining the Problem with Hands-On Thinking.
American Creativity Association,
Houston, TX. April 22-25, 1998.
- Maier, H. N.
(1998). Attack the CenterLine: Keep Your Balance Under Pressure.
American Creativity Association,
Houston, TX. April 22-25, 1998.
Professional
Memberships and Honors
Teaching Experience
(Major)
- Director of
Training, Yellow Rose Wing Chun
Association 1986-present "Curriculum design and implementation".
- Martial Arts
Coalition, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO 1998-2004 "12
Semi-annual weekend seminars".
- Maier Academy of
Martial Arts, Spring TX 1984-88 "Established academy, designed and
implemented all instruction." Enrollment went from 4 to 150 students.
- Instructor,
various martial arts programs 1978-84
- HISD Magnet
Program (John Codwell Elementary, Anson Jones Elementary) 1979-81
Past Service
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Committees:
Peer Reviewer:
Training:
- Trainer, Science
Fair Judging, Sci://Tech
Science Fair, Montgomery County, TX 2002-2004 "Defining and
communicating successful judge/student and judge/judge dynamics"
Judging:
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CogPsych
Foundations for a Wing Chun Curriculum |
Screens captured from a powerpoint presentation in 1999.
Cognitive
aspects of Wing Chun discussed include stages of learning, declarative &
procedural knowledge, goal structures, schemas, productions and composition.
This was the
first statement of concept upon which all continuing work has been based. It
demonstrated the validity of using a cognitive model. |
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Structuring Random Practice through Markov
Processes |
was presented at Texas A&M's College of Education Educational
Research Exchange in 2001.
Two years of
coursework and independent reading resulted in a synthesis connecting the work
to that of Allard & Starkes, Magill & Hall, Schmidt, Shea, Voskoglou,
Wright and Wulf.
Abstract:Well-documented, though counter-intuitive, benefits
of contextual interference produced by random practice can be implemented by
consistent use of Markov Processes throughout curriculum design,
administration, and evaluation. Compatible with current theory in
stages-of-learning and in expertise, this method is shown and discussed through
heuristic example. |
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Measurement of
Cognitive Load Dynamics in a High-Speed Oppositional Task
Maier &
Taber
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was presented at
the 48th meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society in 2004.
Abstract: Attentional dynamics in complex, high-stakes
environments are shown with the additional challenge of a live opponent. A
traditional martial arts task-model offers a training structure that integrates
complex state, cue and option knowledge for access under time-pressure.
Participants challenge each other iteratively within a network of linked tasks
(~1 cycle/second). Input to each person resembles real-world unpredictability,
which is not truly unstructured. Interactions among four performance dimensions
reveal individual differences in management of cognitive loading. Results also
show a clear dynamic balancing the total load managed by each of 10 dyads,
defining opponents as a system, pushing each other toward cognitive overload
and failure. The tasks dimensionality and self-organization generates
individualized training. This research offers points of interest to situation
awareness and cognitive systems, individual differences and
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Dissertation
Measuring
Cognitive Load Management in a Traditional Martial Arts Training
Model
A doctoral
dissertation in educational psychology at Texas A&M University, 2004
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This
dissertation appears to be the first one to focus on tactical cognition.
Cognitive "blue screen", a computer metaphor for mentally locking up,
is shown to be connected to cognitive overload. The mental resources needed to
take control of a situation might already be fully occupied. |
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Cognitive load dynamics in
training of tactical decision making.
Maier, H. N., &
Taber, K. H. (2007).
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In natural situations,
complex decisions of varying urgency must be made while managing several
ongoing processes. Making the dynamic nature of this process measurable is a
necessary step in the study of Macrocognition. Maier and Taber (2003, 2006)
introduced a cognitive load model of training high-speed tactical decision
making derived from a martial arts training procedure. A construct of
Initiative was defined, and evidence presented that Initiative shifts cognitive
load dynamically between partners in a training dyad. A scale of cognitive load
was defined (CIAO). We here refine the CIAO scale to a five-level RAICO scale
to account for counter-initiative.
Maier (2004a, 2004b)
defined four performance dimensions (Fluency, Diversity, Precision, Speed), and
built upon the idea of Cognitive Load Dynamics in the dyad by tracking
distribution of load. We further develop Maier's (2005) concept of a Cognitive
Allocation Profile (CAP), quantifying both total capacity and individual
strategies of allocating capacity to the 4 performance dimensions.
Distributions were highly individual both between-persons and within-person
with different partners, as were responses to cognitive overload. Management of
cognitive overload is in itself a topic important to NDM, as it tends to happen
quickly, be of high consequence, and can wash through a team with disastrous
effects.
The long-term goal of
this work is to develop a methodology for cognitive ergonomics based on
engineering of cognition to underlie engineering for cognition. The live
opponent presents methodological and theoretical, as well as training,
implications. The decision/action cycle-time of 1 second or less may qualify as
Microcognitive, but the guiding purpose of dominance through Initiative is
clearly Macrocognitive. The procedure map (as companion to a concept map),
RAICO scale and CAP provide a set of metrics for the turbulent flow of
iterative decision making in training for competition or combat. Thus, this
model offers training goals and a testing method. It further gathers purely
human data useful as baseline for studies comparing support systems. It also
supports that study of individual differences should include study of
interactive differences.
- Maier, H. N.,
& Taber, K. H. (in press). Measurement of initiative in high-speed tactical
decision making. In R. Hoffman (Ed.), Expertise out of context: Proceedings of
the 6th International Conference on Naturalistic Decision Making.
- Maier, H. N.
(2005). Cognitive load dynamics as an approach to training and testing
individual differences in decision making. 2nd Annual Meeting of the Human
Factors and Ergonomics Society - Houston Chapter, Houston TX. May 6, 2005
- Maier, H. N.
(2004). Management of cognitive load dynamics in a complex high-speed
oppositional task. 48th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society, New Orleans LA. Sept. 20-24, 2004
- Maier, H. N.
(2004). Measurement of cognitive load in a traditional martial arts training
model. Unpublished dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
- Maier, H. N.,
& Taber, K. H. (May 15-17, 2003). Measurement of initiative in high-speed
tactical decision making. 6th Naturalistic Decision Making Conference,
Pensacola Beach, FL.
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Measurement of initiative in
high-speed tactical decision making
Maier, H. N., &
Taber, K. H. (2003).
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Measuring Cognitive Load
Management in a Traditional Martial Arts Training Model
Maier, H. N.
(2004).
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| Dissertation: A
training method utilized in a few martial arts was found to agree strongly with
current cognitive psychology theory. Further study extracted a procedural model
for learning a complex set of whole-body, dyadic motor skills involving
high-speed, interactive, continuous situation assessment and decision making. A
broader literature survey found relevance in several fields of research,
supporting the definition of four performance dimensions in the activity. Data
collected from one experienced student partnering with each of ten students of
various experience levels was analyzed on these four dimensions. These
dimensions show both individual differences and changes across an instructional
intervention. Strong correlations supported anecdotal evidence from the model's
long empirical history in training. Data provided
evidence of a self-organizing dynamic emerging from the interaction of a dyad
in this activity, and of individual differences in cognitive resource
management dynamically setting allocation priorities among specific aspects of
a complex motor/cognitive activity. Highly individual responses demonstrate a
mechanism for insight into students that are difficult to read. High
interactivity of performance dimensions was seen. Impact is foreseen for
research, training and testing in motor learning fields, as well as situation
awareness, decision making and military tactical training. Further research is
recommended to replicate these findings, test hypotheses derived from them, and
to extend testing of the drill-network model into other fields of learning.
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