Fighter pilots' heart rate, heart rate variation and performance during an instrument flight rules proficiency test

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages 213-219

  Mansikka, Heikki ^a   Virtanen, Kai ^b   Harris, Don ^a   Simola, Petteri ^c,d  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c FINNISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Pilot mental workload; Pilot performance

Indexed keywords

SAFETY DEVICES;

DEGRADED PERFORMANCE; FINNISH AIR FORCES; HEART RATE VARIATIONS; HEART RATES; INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES; MENTAL WORKLOAD; PILOT PERFORMANCE; PROFICIENCY TESTS;

HEART;

AIRPLANE PILOT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLIGHT; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES PROFICIENCY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF EVALUATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY; WORKLOAD; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINLAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINLAND; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84992298413     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2016.04.006     Document Type: Article

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