ibMilwaukee Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr. Güler Arsal is an ibMilwaukee Research Fellow with the Envision Research Institute, working under the mentorship of Dr. Paul Ward, a Professor of Applied Cognitive Science at the University of Northern Colorado and Dr. Alex Chaparro, a Professor of Human Factors at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. She earned her Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Physical Education and Sports from Middle East Technical University, Turkey and her Doctorate of Philosophy in Sport and Exercise Psychology under the guidance of Dr. David W. Eccles from Florida State University. After graduation, she worked as a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the School of Human and Health Sciences at the University of Huddersfield, UK.
Her main research interests lie in the area of skilled performance, and on improving human performance through training and technological design. She studies human performance in both laboratory and real-world settings using cognitive task analysis techniques (e.g., goal-directed task analyses and critical decision method interviews) and cognitive process-tracing methods (e.g., think-aloud reports and verbal protocol analysis). For example, as part of the Applied Cognition and Cognitive Engineering research group at the University of Huddersfield, she assessed the impact of high-tech sensors on military helicopter pilots’ ability to operate safely in degraded visual environments (i.e., darkness, fog, and mist). For her dissertation research, she examined the real-time cognitive activities of golfers by eliciting concurrent verbal reports from skilled and less-skilled golfers while they completed golf-putting tasks that varied in difficulty.
Dr. Arsal's Biosketch