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Assessment of Pilot Workload: Converging Measures from Performance Based, Subjective and Psychophysiological Techniques
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This study explores the relationship between the P300 component of the event-related brain potential (ERP) and the processing demands of a complex real-world task. Seven male volunteers enrolled in an Instrument Flight Rule (IFR) aviation course flew a series of missions in a single engine fixed-based simulator. In dual task conditions subjects were also required to discriminate between two tones differing in frequency. ERPs time-locked to the tones, subjective effort ratings and overt performance measures were collected during two 45 min flights difficulty in difficulty (manipulated by varying both atmospheric conditions and instrument reliability). The more difficult flight was associated with poorer performance, increased subjective effort ratings, and smaller secondary task P300s. Within each flight, P300 amplitude was negatively correlated with deviations from command headings indicating that P300 amplitude was a sensitive workload metric both between and within the flight missions.
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Kramer, A., Sirevaag, E., and Braune, R., "Assessment of Pilot Workload: Converging Measures from Performance Based, Subjective and Psychophysiological Techniques," SAE Technical Paper 861641, 1986, https://doi.org/10.4271/861641.Also In
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