This project assessed how people's mental model of a system, based on training, affects their calibration of trust in the system and their ability to monitor system performance. The figure below visualizes the link between training, attention management, and trust:

We conducted a longitudinal study to evaluate more closely these relationship over the course of a 6-week period. Participants received three different forms of training (baseline, classroom-style, and experiential learning) and were tasked with assisting and monitoring the performance of eight highly-autonomous, simulated unmanned aerial vehicles performing military reconnaissance and classification of adversarial targets.