Three-dimensional spatial skill training in a simulated space station: Random vs. blocked designs

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 404-409

  Shebilske, Wayne L ^a,e   Tubré, Travis ^b   Tubré, Amber Hanson ^b   Oman, Charles M ^c   Richards, Jason T ^d  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Skill retention; Spatial disorientation; Transfer of training; Virtual environments; Weightlessness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSMONAUT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION; SKILL; SPACE FLIGHT; TRAINING;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPACE SIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33645715472     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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