Coordination in homogeneous and heterogeneous teams

We study markers of social cognition and team interaction across two different problem-solving tasks and domains: a controlled bridge design task and a highly dynamic military planning task. Team interactions are measured considering the task dynamic. We identify cross-domain indicators of coordination and connect them to performance. In the design task, we observed coordinated behavior in solution space exploration and reduction. In the planning task, we observed coordinated movement but less elaborate strategies. While coordination was observed through similarity in designs in the first task, it was a more complex phenomenon in the second where complementarity rather than similarity was found.