1st Edition

Improving Aviation Performance through Applying Engineering Psychology Advances in Aviation Psychology, Volume 3

Edited By Michael A. Vidulich, Pamela S. Tsang Copyright 2019
266 Pages
by CRC Press

266 Pages
by CRC Press

Aviation remains one of the most active and challenging domains for human factors and applied psychology. Since 1981, the biennial International Symposium on Aviation Psychology (ISAP) has convened for the purposes of (a) presenting the latest research on human performance problems and opportunities within aviation systems, (b) envisioning design solutions that best utilize human capabilities for... Read more

I. Perceptual and Cognitive Influences on Performance

1. Bob Cheung (Canada) – Comprehensive Approach to Pilot Disorientation

2. Hans Hoermann (Germany) – Influences of Fatigue and Alcohol on Cognitive Performance

3. Sylvain Houlier (France) – Avionics Touch Screen in Turbulence: Simulation for Design

II. Modeling for Aviation Psychology

3. Kevin Gluck (USA) – A Prospective Assessment of Performance Prediction for Aviation Psychology

4. Matijin IJtsma (student winner) – Amy Pritchett (USA) – Development of an Objective Function Allocation Method for Manned Spaceflight Operations

III. Neuroergonomics

7. Frederic Dehais (France) – A neuroergonomics approach to human performance in aviation

8. Leandro Di Stasi (Spain) – Eye Tracking in Aviation: Past, Present, and Future

9. Kurt Izzetoglu (USA & UK) – Human Performance Assessment: Evaluation of Wearable Sensors for Monitoring Brain Activity

IV. Applications

10. Michael Hagler (USA) – 177 Cold Bay Alaska Engine Change

11. Practitioner Panel Chapter (USA & Canada)

12. Jerry Crutchfield (USA) – Standardized Scenarios for Air Traffic Control Researchers.

Biography

Michael A. Vidulich is a research psychologist in the Air Force Research Laboratory, Ohio. His research interests are aviation psychology, mental workload and situation awareness, and adaptive aiding.

Pamela S. Tsang is Professor of psychology at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Her research interests are aviation psychology, attention and performance, extralaboratory-developed expertise, and cognitive aging.

Together they have co-edited Principles and Practice of Aviation Psychology and both previous volumes of Advances in Aviation Psychology.