ABSTRACT
The prevalence of the use of camera and video technology in numerous domains and occupations has led to increased accessibility to and a proliferation of visual data for human analysis. The need for humans to review visual data in industries such as medicine, military, intelligence, and security and convert this into information that can be acted upon requires training in adaptive perceptual skill sets, that is, training search strategies that enable the effective search and recognition of relevant cues to support detection of threats or anomalies under any number of technological, environmental, cultural, and situational conditions. This includes the ability of a radiologist to detect an anomalous mass from a large volume of CT imagery, an airport baggage screener detecting possible threats in carry-on luggage, an intelligence analyst detecting a potential threat from satellite imagery, and the determination of enemy size and location from a military observation post.
