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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Military Psychology
  • Human Factors

Background:

  • Friendly-fire incidents have multiple causes, but inhibitory control failure is underexplored.
  • The Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) offers a potential model for studying inhibition failures in combat.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if inhibitory control deficits contribute to friendly-fire incidents.
  • To assess the validity of the SART as a model for combat-related inhibition failures.

Main Methods:

  • Participants engaged in simulated small-arms engagements with 'friends' and 'foes'.
  • Experiments varied the proportion of foes encountered (high, medium, low).
  • Comparative computer tasks were also utilized alongside simulations.

Main Results:

  • Increased foe proportion led to more friendly-fire errors (errors of commission).
  • A speed-accuracy trade-off was observed: faster targeting of foes correlated with higher accidental shootings of allies.
  • Higher foe proportions resulted in faster responses to foe stimuli and increased subjective workload.

Conclusions:

  • Inhibitory control failures may underlie some friendly-fire incidents.
  • The SART is a potentially suitable empirical model for battlefield environments.
  • The impact of high foe proportions on performance warrants further investigation.