Operator selection for unmanned aerial systems: Comparing video game players and pilots

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 635-642

  McKinley, R Andy ^a   McIntire, Lindsey K ^a   Funke, Margaret A ^a  

^a WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive skills; Personnel selection; Pilot; Remotely piloted vehicle operator; Video game player

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECREATION; SOLDIER; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AVIATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 79958234720     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2958.2011     Document Type: Article

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