Communication plays a critical role in team cognition along with other limited cognitive resources, such as attention, memory, and decision-making speed. Both mood and stress are known to have many interrelated effects upon cognition at the individual level, but there has been relatively little exploration of these two highly-related factors in the domain of team cognition in critical command and control environments. This paper presents research on the effects of mood and stress states on within-team communication behaviors in a simulated crisis management environment. Results show that the effects of mood and stress associated with individual cognitive functions also demonstrate analogous impacts upon team perspective and information sharing.
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