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- Title
Identifying blood biomarkers and physiological processes that distinguish humans with superior performance under psychological stress.
- Authors
Cooksey, Amanda M; Momen, Nausheen; Stocker, Russell; Burgess, Shane C
- Abstract
Attrition of students from aviation training is a serious financial and operational concern for the U.S. Navy. Each late stage navy aviator training failure costs the taxpayer over $1,000,000 and ultimately results in decreased operational readiness of the fleet. Currently, potential aviators are selected based on the Aviation Selection Test Battery (ASTB), which is a series of multiple-choice tests that evaluate basic and aviation-related knowledge and ability. However, the ASTB does not evaluate a person's response to stress. This is important because operating sophisticated aircraft demands exceptional performance and causes high psychological stress. Some people are more resistant to this type of stress, and consequently better able to cope with the demands of naval aviation, than others.
- Publication
PloS one, 2009, Vol 4, Issue 12, pe8371
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0008371