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Assessing the Subjective Workload of Directional Orientation TasksThe impact of various flight-related tasks on the workload imposed by the requirement to compute new headings, course changes, and reciprocal headings was investigated. Eight pilots were presented with a series of heading-change tasks in a laboratory setting. Two levels of difficulty of each of three tasks were presented verbally and spatially. Performance was measured by evaluating the speed and accuracy of the responses. The subjective responses and objective measures of performance reflected a strong association between subjective experience and objective behavior. The reciprocal calculations were performed quickly and accurately throughout and were considered to be minimally loading. Subjective workload, percent correct and response times for the two course-change tasks varied significantly as a function of level of difficulty and display format, with no discernable speed/accuracy trade off.
Document ID
19850006233
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Miller, R. C.
(Informatics General Corp. Palo Alto, Calif., United States)
Hart, S. G.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: 20th Ann. Conf. on Manual Control, Vol. 2
Subject Category
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Accession Number
85N14542
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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