The process of processing: exploring the validity of Neisser's perceptual cycle model with accounts from critical decision-making in the cockpit

Ergonomics

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 909-923

  Plant, Katherine L ^a   Stanton, Neville A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aeronautical decision making; critical decision method; perceptual cycle model; qualitative analysis; schema theory; validity

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COCKPITS (AIRCRAFT); DECISION THEORY; ERGONOMICS; PULSE CODE MODULATION;

CYCLE MODEL; DECISION METHOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHEMA THEORY; VALIDITY;

DECISION MAKING;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; BIOENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERCEPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84929508018     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2014.991765     Document Type: Article

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