The Cognitive Dimension

The Cognitive Dimension
Published 5/2025
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920×1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz

Catch what others miss. See beyond data. Develop sharper judgment for complex, high-stakes decisions.

What you’ll learn

Learn about the Cognitive Dimension in decision-making, sensemaking, and expertise-exploring how tacit knowledge, mental models, and patterns contribute.

Recognize how real-world context and expertise shape decision-making, with a focus on high-risk environments like medicine and safety.

Identify the components of expert mental models and explain how decision-makers use pattern recognition, mental simulation, and different pathways to insight.
Describe key tools for uncovering the Cognitive Dimension such as Cognitive Task Analysis to improve training, decision-making, and human-AI collaboration.

Requirements

No prior experience needed. Dr. Gary Klein will teach you all you need to know about the Cognitive Dimension and how to use it to improve your decision-making.

Description

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction to the Cognitive Dimension

Section 2: Controlled Studies Inhibit Expertise

Lecture 2 Controlled Studies Inhibit Expertise

Section 3: The War on Expertise

Lecture 3 The War on Expertise

Section 4: Seeing the Invisible

Lecture 4 Seeing the Invisible

Section 5: Is It Safe to Rely Solely on Evidence-Based Data?

Lecture 5 Is It Safe to Rely Solely on Evidence-Based Data?

Section 6: Don’t Let the Data Mislead You

Lecture 6 Don’t Let the Data Mislead You

Section 7: Mental Models and the Cognitive Dimension

Lecture 7 Mental Models and the Cognitive Dimension

Section 8: Naturalistic Decision Making Tools for Discovering the Cognitive Dimension

Lecture 8 Naturalistic Decision Making Tools for Discovering the Cognitive Dimension

This course is for students, professionals, researchers, and decision-makers who want to understand, support, and leverage the cognitive processes behind expert performance.