Self-controlled concurrent feedback facilitates the learning of the final approach phase in a fixed-base flight simulator

Human Factors

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 858-871

  Huet, Michaël ^a   Jacobs, David M ^b   Camachon, Cyril ^c   Goulon, Cedric ^a   Montagne, Gilles ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Centre de Recherche de l'Armée de l'Air ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Education of attention; Final approach landing phase; Fixed base flight simulator; Perceptual motor learning; Pilot; Self controlled concurrent feedback; Simulation and virtual reality; Vision; Visual information

Indexed keywords

FINAL APPROACH; FIXED-BASE FLIGHT SIMULATOR; LANDING PHASE; MOTOR LEARNING; PILOT; SELF-CONTROLLED CONCURRENT FEEDBACK; SIMULATION AND VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL INFORMATION;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL; COCKPITS (AIRCRAFT); CONCURRENCY CONTROL; LANDING; SIMULATORS; SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

FLIGHT SIMULATORS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AVIATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77950294197     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720809357343     Document Type: Article

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