Simulated flight path control of fighter pilots and novice subjects at +3 Gz in a human centrifuge

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 484-488

  Dalecki, Marc ^a   Bock, Otmar ^a   Guardiera, Simon ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dual task; Flight simulator; Flight stick; Hypergravity; Manual pursuit; Motor control; Pilots' performance; Stroop task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SOLDIER; STROOP TEST;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERGRAVITY; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOTOR SKILLS; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST;

EID: 77951656988     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2665.2010     Document Type: Article

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