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enable development of knowledge-based trust by oering historical

displays to review past system and teammate behaviors. Such displays

might be accessible in real time, or upon requisition by the player. As

trust continues to evolve, it could be useful for the game to portray

players (through avatar stereotype or icon) as reective of a certain

behavior type (e.g., an image of a professor for “risk averse and knowl-

edgeable,” or an image of a military general as “condent and col-

laborative”). Such an approach may enable players to better adopt the

value systems of other players.

8.6 Cohesion in Distributed Teaming

In addition to trust, another important team variable is the degree to

which ...