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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Neuroscience
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Tacit knowledge, or implicit know-how, is difficult to articulate and transfer.
  • This poses challenges for skill acquisition and training in various fields.
  • Existing methods struggle to externalize and convey expert tacit knowledge effectively.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if electroencephalography (EEG) and gaze-informed biofeedback can access and transfer expert tacit knowledge.
  • To determine if this biofeedback interface can enhance expertise transfer and training.
  • To explore the process of cognitive reinforcement through externalizing implicit knowledge.

Main Methods:

  • Developed an image classification task with hidden spatial asymmetry.
  • Used eye-tracking and EEG to monitor overt and covert visual attention during implicit learning.
  • Provided gaze-informed biofeedback to trained participants to assess performance improvement.

Main Results:

  • Trained participants unconsciously internalized image asymmetry, reflected in attention patterns.
  • Attention, both overt and covert, biased towards task-relevant regions.
  • Explicit gaze-informed feedback led to additional performance gains compared to a control group.

Conclusions:

  • Expert tacit knowledge can be accessed and leveraged using EEG and gaze-informed biofeedback.
  • This approach facilitates novel forms of expertise transfer and training.
  • The findings support a new paradigm for cognitive reinforcement and collective intelligence.