Changing the role of the air traffic controller: How will free flight affect memory for spatial events?

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 457-463

  Nicholls, Alastair P ^a   Melia, Anne ^a   Farmer, Eric W ^a   Shaw, Gareth ^a   Milne, Tracey ^a   Stedmon, Alex ^b   Sharples, Sarah ^b   Cox, Gemma ^b  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air traffic controller; Free flight; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ERGONOMICS; MANEUVERABILITY;

AIR SAFETY; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER; FREE FLIGHT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL;

AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE CREW; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 34249708270     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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