Air-to-ground training missions: a psychophysiological workload analysis

Psychophysiological measures are used to assess the workload of F4 Phantom aircraft pilots and weapon systems officers (WSOs) during air-to-ground training missions and during the performance of two levels of difficulty of a laboratory tracking task. The bombing range portion of the missions was ass...

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Published in:Ergonomics 1993-09, Vol.36 (9), p.1071-1087
Main Author: WILSON, GLENN F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aircraft
Anatomy & physiology
Applied physiology
Arousal - physiology
Biological and medical sciences
Blinking - physiology
Ergonomics
Ergonomics. Work place. Occupational physiology
Eyeblinks
Flight
Heart rate
Heart Rate - physiology
Human physiology applied to population studies and life conditions. Human ecophysiology
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Pilots
Psychophysiological measures
Psychophysiology
Respiration
Respiration - physiology
Space Flight
Space life sciences
Workload
Workload - psychology
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Summary:Psychophysiological measures are used to assess the workload of F4 Phantom aircraft pilots and weapon systems officers (WSOs) during air-to-ground training missions and during the performance of two levels of difficulty of a laboratory tracking task. The bombing range portion of the missions was associated with the highest pilot workload, while the WSO flying the aircraft was the highest workload segment for the WSOs. The pilots' data were found to have a wider range of values for the physiological measures than were found in the WSO data. The different levels of tracking task difficulty produced significant physiological effects but the range of values found for most of the flight segments were much greater. These data demonstrate that extrapolating laboratory data to the flight environment is risky at best. The various physiological measures were differentially sensitive to the different demands of the various flight segments.
ISSN:0014-0139
1366-5847
DOI:10.1080/00140139308967979