Mental Workload in Air Traffic Control: An Index Constructed from Field Tests

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 4 SEC. I, 2004, Pages 333-341

  Averty, Philippe ^a   Collet, Christian ^a   Dittmar, André ^a   Athènes, Sylvie ^a   Vernet Maury, Evelyne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Air traffic control; Workload measurement

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER; AIRCRAFT; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EVALUATION; FLIGHT; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL LOAD; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PARAMETER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRAFFIC; WORKLOAD;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AVIATION; COGNITION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RADAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

NASA;

EID: 1842475027     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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