Pilot mental workload: How well do pilots really perform?

Ergonomics

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1581-1596

  Morris, Charles H ^a   Leung, Ying K ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cockpit task management; Flight safety; Mental workload

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; COCKPITS (AIRCRAFT); COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

COCKPIT TASK MANAGEMENT; FLIGHT SAFETY; MENTAL WORKLOAD;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; AVIATION; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33750829759     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130600857987     Document Type: Article

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