NASA
Crew Adaptive Decision Making Under Stress
Understanding and improving astronaut decision making under pressure.
Read project background →Research
The science of people working together.
Basic and applied behavioral science, with a particular focus on teamwork, training, and performance in demanding environments.
Basic and applied research
Since 1988, Florida Maxima has conducted basic and applied research in the social, behavioral, and organizational sciences. Our work examines how individuals and teams think, coordinate, learn, and perform.
We work with government agencies, academic institutions, and industry to address practical questions while contributing to the science of teams and training.
Areas of expertise
- Teamwork
- Training
- Performance under stress
- Interpersonal dynamics
- Decision making
- Space psychology
- Performance measurement
- Human factors
The scientific record
Research, carried forward.
A continuing body of work on teamwork, training, group processes, and performance under stress. Explore the project catalogue and selected publications.
The catalogue includes past work. Sponsor references identify research context and do not imply endorsement.
Selected project areas
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Interpersonal relations in long-duration spaceflight
Studying social dynamics for missions to Mars and beyond.
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Smart Team Assembly
Developing science-based methods for building teams.
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Team Kickstarter
Approaches to forming and supporting fluid teams.
Read project background →National Academy of Sciences
Unobtrusive assessment of macrocognition
Evaluating how teams think and coordinate during decision making.
The research behind the practice
Explore the selected readings, from foundational work on stress and group decision making to recent studies of fluid teams and spaceflight.
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