Social impact theory and group action theory are integrated to provide a framework for explaining how technology-mediated collaboration constrains or enhances team shared mental model development. Social impact theory and group action theory are then used to explain the role of shared mental models in shaping team work quality that ultimately affects both task productivity and team process sati...

The Mental Image Directed Semantic Theory (MIDST) has proposed an omnisensual mental image model and its description language Lmd. This paper presents a brief sketch of the MIDST, and focuses on word meaning description and text understanding in association with the mental image model in view of cross-media reference between text and picture.

Employment is a key to community reintegration for both people with mental illness and those with justice involvement. At present, the empirical literature on employment services for justice-involved people with or without mental illness is meager. By contrast, an extensive evidence base documents the effectiveness of a specific employment model for people with severe mental illness: the Indivi...

BACKGROUND Collaborative, culturally safe services that integrate clinical approaches with traditional Aboriginal healing have been hailed as promising approaches to ameliorate the high rates of mental health problems in Aboriginal communities in Canada. Overcoming significant financial and human resources barriers, a mental health team in northern Ontario is beginning to realize this ideal. We...

In the present study, we investigated how two team mental model properties (similarity vs. accuracy) and two forms of monitoring behavior (team vs. systems) interacted to predict team performance in anesthesia. In particular, we were interested in whether the relationship between monitoring behavior and team performance was moderated by team mental model properties. Thirty-one two-person teams ...

Many families worldwide have at least one member with a behavioral or mental disorder, and yet the majority of the public fails to correctly recognize symptoms of mental illness. Previous research has found that Mental Health Literacy (MHL)-the knowledge and positive beliefs about mental disorders-tends to be higher in European and North American cultures, compared to Asian and African cultures...

There are many simple, everyday tasks, such as following road directions, using instructions to assemble a bicycle, reading a novel, or helping to solve your child’s geometry homework, that seem to entail constructing a spatial mental model from a description. In order to comprehend Go straight till the jrs t light, then turn left, go down about three blocks to Oak, and make a right, it is usef...

This paper discusses the possible adverse effects predictive aid usage may have on a controller’s mental model in a Free Flight environment. Free Flight is a concept that is aimed at increasing throughput in the National Airspace System. However, various studies have suggested that implementing free flight could result in a controller’s situation model being adversely affected given the lack of...

This paper presents a computational model developed to study the role of different modes of social learning on the formation of team mental models (TMM). In this model, the TMM is formed over time as team members learn about each other. Members can learn about other team members from (a) their personal interactions with the task and other team members (b) observing other members perform tasks a...

Collaborative models of mental health care, such as Improving Mood-Promoting Access to Collaborative Treatment (IMPACT) and Primary Care Research in Substance Abuse and Mental Health for the Elderly (PRISM-E), have become a standard, evidence-based approach in providing care to older adults with depression. This article describes the development, evaluation, and sustainability plans for a new m...