Automation, task difficulty, and aircrew performance

Military Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 259-274

  Bowers, Clint ^a   Thornton, Coleen ^b,d   Braun, Curt ^a,e   Morgan Jr , Ben B ^a   Salas, Eduardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division   (United States)

^d Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems   (Georgia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOENGINEERING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; AUTOMATION; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032235609     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327876mp1004_3     Document Type: Article

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