Our Research

Selected Research Projects

NASA: "Interpersonal Relations in Long-Duration Spaceflight."
National Academy of Sciences: "Unobtrusive Assessment of Macrocognition Processes in Team Decision Making."
NASA: "Lexical Analysis of Performance Decrements in Spaceflight Teams."
Air Force Research Laboratory: "Approaches to Form and Support Fluid Teams."
NASA: “Dynamic Team Role Allocation in Long-Duration Exploration Missions”
Department of Homeland Security: “Detection of Subterfuge.”
Office of Naval Research: “Identification of Incomplete Terrorist Networks.”
DOD Counterintelligence Field Activity: “Social Indicators of Deception.”
National Science Foundation: "Status Cues, Consistency, and Leadership Behavior."
US Army Research Institute: “Assessment of Team Competencies.”
Glaxo-Wellcome: “A Statistical Integration of the Onset of Action of Inhaled B-Agonists.”
Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division: “Video Games and Training: A Research Model.”
National Aeronautics and Space Administration: “Fatigue Countermeasures.”
National Institutes of Health: "Computer-assisted Smoking Cessation."
U.S. Air Force Human Resources Laboratory: "Functional Design Specifications for Simulating the Stress Environment."
U.S. Air Force Human Resources Laboratory: "Development of a Meta-Analytic Technique to Assess Stress Effects."
U.S. Air Force Human Systems Division: "A Microcomputer Decision Support System to Aid Innovation Acceptance."
National Aeronautics and Space Administration: "Groups in Exotic Environments: A Meta-Analytic Integration."
National Science Foundation: "Research on Subtle Factors (Cues) that are Important in the Effective Operation of Groups."
U.S. Navy, Naval Training Systems Center: "Decision-making Training for Hostile Environments."
U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground: "CBR-D Voice Amplification System Assessment."
U.S. Army Research Institute: "Simulation and Training for Stress Environments: A Meta-Analytic and Experimental Evaluation."
U.S. Navy, Naval Training Systems Center: "The Application of Small Group Research to Aircrew Training."
U.S. Navy, Naval Training Systems Center: "Guidelines for Incorporating Teamwork Skills into Crew Coordination."
U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground: "Performance Degradation Assessment for Operations in Chemical/Biological Environments."
Federal Aviation Administration: "Development of a Crew Resource Management Training Handbook."
U.S. Navy, Naval Training Systems Center: "The Impact of Stress on Tactical Decision Making in Teams."
Army Research Institute - STRICOM: "Implementing Emerging Technology to Incorporate Realistic Stressors into Training Systems."
Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division: "Distributed Training."
Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division: "Instructional Strategies for Aeronautical Decision Making."
Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division: "Building High Performance Team Diagnostic and Coordination Skills."
Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division: "Training Decision-intensive Tasks: A Constructivist Approach."
Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division: “Compendium of Virtual Environment Research and Development.”
Glaxo-Wellcome: “A Statistical Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Leukotriene Modifiers and Inhaled Corticosteroids.”
Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division: “Use of Virtual Presence Technologies to Enhance Distributed Team Performance.”
Defense Modeling and Simulation Office: “User Information Requirements for Evaluating Human Performance Models.”
Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division: “Optimizing the After-Action Review (AAR).”
Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division: “Development of a Taxonomy of Training Strategies to Support Research on Submarine Tasks.”
Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division: “Cockpit Dynamics and Situational Awareness”
National Aeronautics and Space Administration: “The Efficacy of Naps as a Fatigue Countermeasure: A Meta-Analytic Integration.”
Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division: “Distance Mentoring.”
Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division: “Development of a Distance Learning Toolbox/Intelligent Advisor.”

Selected Readings (Click link To Access Article)

Research in extreme environments: Challenges for spaceflight.

By Driskell, J., Salas, E., & Driskell, T. (2022).

In L. Landon, K. Slack, & E. Salas (Eds), Psychology and Human Performance in Space Programs (Research at the Frontier, Vol. 1.

Foundations of Teamwork and Collaboration.

By Driskell, J. E., & Salas, E., & Driskell, T. (2018).

American Psychologist, 2018, 73, 334-348.

Is Three a Crowd? Examining Rapport in Investigative Interviews

By Driskell, T., Blickensderfer, E. L., & Salas, E.

Group Dynamics, 2013, 17, 1-13.

Social Indicators of Deception

By Driskell, J. E., Salas, E., & Driskell, T.

Human Factors, 2012, 54, 577-588.

Personality and Work Teams

By Driskell, J. E., & Salas, E.

In N. Christiansen & R. Tett (Eds.), 2013). Handbook of Psychology at Work (pp. 744-771). New York, NY: Routledge.

Effectiveness of Deception Detection Training: A Meta-Analysis

By Driskell, J. E.

Psychology, Crime, & Law, 2012, 18, 713-731.

Collective Orientation and Team Performance: Development of an Individual Differences Measure

By Driskell, J. E., Salas, E., & Hughes, S.

Human Factors, 2010, 52, 316-328.

The Many Faces of Commitment: Facet-Level Links to Performance in Military Contexts

By O'Shea, P. G., Goodwin, G. F., Driskell, J. E, Salas, E., & Ardison, S.

Military Psychology, 2009, 21, 5-23.

Stress Exposure Training: An Event-Based Approach

By Driskell, J. E., Salas, E., Johnston, J. H., & Wollert, T. N.

In P.A. Hancock & J.L. Szalma (Eds). (2008). Performance Under Stress (pp. 271-286). London: Ashgate.

Conducting Applied Experimental Research

By Driskell, J. E., & King, J.

In M. Webster & J. Sell (Eds.) (2007). Laboratory Experiments in the Social Sciences (pp. 329-351). San Diego, CA: Elsevier.

Testing Three Team Training Strategies in Intact Teams: A Meta-Analysis.

By Salas, E., Nichols, D., & Driskell, J. E.

Small Group Research, 2007, 38, 471-488.

What Makes A Good Team Player? Personality and Team Effectiveness

By Driskell, J. E., Goodwin, G. F., Salas, E., & O’Shea, P. G.

Group Dynamics, 2006, 10, 249-271.

Groupware, Group Dynamics, and Group Performance

By Driskell, J. E., & Salas, E.

In C. Bowers, E. Salas, & F. Jentsch (Eds.) (2006). Creating High Technology Teams (pp. 11-34). Washington, DC: APA.

The Efficacy of Naps as a Fatigue Countermeasure: A Meta-Analytic Integration

By Driskell, J. E., & Mullen, B.

Human Factors, (2005), 47, 360-377.

The Effect of Content and Demeanor on Reactions to Dominance Behavior

By Driskell, J. E., & Salas, E.

Group Dynamics, (2005), 9, 3-14.

The Effect of Gesture on Speech Production and Comprehension

By Driskell, J. E., & Radtke, P. H.
Human Factors, (2003), 45, 445-454.

Virtual Teams: Effects of Technological Mediation on Team Performance

By Driskell, J. E., Radtke, P. H., & Salas, E.
Group Dynamics, (2003), 7, 297-323.

Games, Motivation, and Learning: A Research and Practice Model
By Garris, R., Ahlers, R., & Driskell, J. E.

Simulation and Gaming, (2002), 33, 441-467.

Does Stress Training Generalize to Novel Settings?

By Driskell, J. E., Johnston, J. H., & Salas, E.

Human Factors, (2001), 43, 99-110.

Stress Management: Individual and Team Training

By Driskell, J. E., Salas, E., & Johnston, J.

In J. A. Cannon-Bowers & E. Salas (Eds.) (2001). Improving Teamwork in Organizations: Applications of Resource Management Training. (Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Does Stress Lead to a Loss of Team Perspective?

By Driskell, J. E., Salas, E., & Johnston, J. H.

Group Dynamics, (1999), 3, 1-12.

The Effect of Team Building on Performance: An Integration

By Salas, E., Rozell, D., Driskell, J. E., & Mullen, B.

Small Group Research, (1999), 30, 309-329.

Meta-Analysis and the Study of Group Dynamics

By Mullen, B., Driskell, J. E., & Salas, E.

Group Dynamics, (1998), 2, 213-229.

Status and Cockpit Dynamics: A Review and Empirical Study

By Milanovich, D., Driskell, J. E., Stout, R. J., & Salas, E.

Group Dynamics, (1998), 2, 155-167.