Expertise and age differences in pilot decision making

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-55

  Morrow, Daniel G ^a   Miller, Lisa M Soederberg ^b   Ridolfo, Heather E ^c   Magnor, Clifford ^d   Fischer, Ute M ^e   Kokayeff, Nina K ^a   Stine Morrow, Elizabeth A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology ^*

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Aviation; Comprehension; Decision making; Expertise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FLIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; PILOT STUDY; READING; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649114088     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580802195641     Document Type: Article

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