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- Title
Memory processes of flight situation awareness: interactive roles of working memory capacity, long-term working memory, and expertise.
- Authors
Sohn, Young Woo; Doane, Stephanie M
- Abstract
This research examined the role of working memory (WM) capacity and long-term working memory (LT-WM) in flight situation awareness (SA). We developed spatial and verbal measures of WM capacity and LT-WM skill and then determined the ability of these measures to predict pilot performance on SA tasks. Although both spatial measures of WM capacity and LT-WM skills were important predictors of SA performance, their importance varied as a function of pilot expertise. Spatial WM capacity was most predictive of SA performance for novices, whereas spatial LT-WM skill based on configurations of control flight elements (attitude and power) was most predictive for experts. Furthermore, evidence for an interactive role of WM and LT-WM mechanisms was indicated. Actual or potential applications of this research include cognitive analysis of pilot expertise and aviation training.
- Subjects
AERONAUTICS; AIRPLANES; COGNITION; COMPUTER simulation; MEMORY; MOTION; REACTION time; STATISTICAL sampling; SHORT-term memory; SPACE perception; VISUAL perception; TASK performance
- Publication
Human Factors, 2004, Vol 46, Issue 3, p461
- ISSN
0018-7208
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1518/hfes.46.3.461.50392