A Theory and Model of Conflict Detection in Air Traffic Control: Incorporating Environmental Constraints

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-124

  Loft, Shayne ^a   Bolland, Scott ^b   Humphreys, Michael S ^b   Neal, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

air traffic control; conflict detection; ecological rationality; expertise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUSTRALIA; AVIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SAFETY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AVIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUEENSLAND; SAFETY;

EID: 67650647929     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016118     Document Type: Article

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