Dr. Jacob Hyde

Psychologist
Warfighter Consulting

Dr. Jacob Hyde is a consultant psychologist and licensed clinical health psychologist providing subject matter expertise on behavior and cognitive performance in extreme environments, physiological impacts of built and natural environments on personnel, and psychiatric considerations for individuals and teams living/working in austere, hostile, and extreme environments. He is a combat veteran of the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan, founder of the first doctoral program in military psychology in the U.S., and holds two patents for non-invasive and covert stress monitoring methods. He works primarily with stakeholders in defense, intelligence, and academic medicine through direct support of assets, research project consultation and coordination, and scientific/technical writing and photography.

ABSTRACT

Enhancing Warfighter Trust in Psychological Performance Assessment by Sensors

The nature of warfare is evolving from the utilization of large quantities of humans as warfighting assets to the selection of high performing humans augmented by machines. In selected cases, high performing warfighters have incentives to conceal their psychological state and physiological deficiencies from themselves and others. Self-evaluation and self-deception related to affect, mood, capability, and behavior can generate situations that can compromise the warfighter or the Nation. With advancements in human-machine teaming, various types of sensors now provide objective characterization of human psychological state and behavior prediction. Various novel technological methods that illuminate human performance and the usefulness of these methods on the warfighter are discussed along with recommendations for enhancing psychological trust in sensor capability.