Age and expertise effects in aviation decision making and flight control in a flight simulator

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 489-497

  Kennedy, Quinn ^a   Taylor, Joy L ^a,b   Reade, Gordon ^a   Yesavage, Jerome A ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Expertise; Weather related aviation skills

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WEATHER;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AVIATION; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WEATHER;

EID: 77951664278     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2684.2010     Document Type: Article

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