ABSTRACT
Cross-cultural decision-making involves perspective-taking and an understanding of inherent biases in attention and interpretation of operationally and emotionally relevant cues within the environment. Training warfighters to make operational decisions within culturally unfamiliar environments requires trainees to not only understand cultural norms and customs in order to interpret intent and predict actions, but to also recognize and account for personal biases. A theoretical framework is proposed for using psychophysiological measures to develop a greater understanding of the processes underlying cross-cultural decision-making, and to provide targeted feedback within interactive virtual environments for training these critical skills.
