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Attention in aviationThe relevance of four principles or mechanisms of human attention to the design of aviation systems and the performance of pilots in multitask environments, including workload prediction and measurement, control-display integration, and the use of voice and head-up displays is discussed. The principles are: the mental energy that supplies task performance (resources), the resulting cross-talk between tasks as they are made more similar (confusion), the combination of different task elements (integration), and the way in which one task is processed and another is ignored (selection or tunneling). The introduction of greater levels of complexity into the validation of attentional theories in order to approach the demands of the cockpit or ATC console is proposed.
Document ID
19880055761
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Wickens, Christopher D.
(Illinois, University Urbana, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1987
Subject Category
Behavioral Sciences
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Symposium on Aviation Psychology
Location: Columbus, OH
Country: United States
Start Date: April 27, 1987
End Date: April 30, 1987
Accession Number
88A42988
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG2-308
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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