Memory processes of flight situation awareness: Interactive roles of working memory capacity, long-term working memory, and expertise

Human Factors

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 461-475

  Sohn, Young Woo ^a,c   Doane, Stephanie M ^b,d  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

COGNITIVE ANALYSIS; SITUATION AWARENESS; WORKING MEMORY;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AVIATION; AWARENESS; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FLIGHT; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; AWARENESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 8644276339     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/hfes.46.3.461.50392     Document Type: Article

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