Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society

People chose different strategies for performing tasks, and that choice often plays a key role in performance. We investigate the use and evolution of strategic behavior in the Kanfer-Ackerman Air Traffic Controller© task, a fast-paced, dynamic task. We present strategies in two dimensions for one aspect of the task, examine how people use them and switch between them, and how their use relates to final performance. We also discuss the implications that the observed variety of strategic behavior has for cognitive modeling.