PERCEPTION AND ATTENTION DURING LOW-ALTITUDE HIGH-SPEED FLIGHT. IN: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF AVIATION PSYCHOLOGY

The analysis provided explores low altitude military flight but it equally applies to any complex human performance, especially those tasks for which the penalty to the performer error is injury or death. The analysis was performed in terms of the sources of information available to the pilot, their dependability and accuracy , how the information is processed, limitations on information acquired by automatic processing, the specific alternative information used, how the information is intergrated in specific tasks, and how those tasks are prioritized. The theories of attention and perception presented here can be applied to improve the performance, and the safety, of low altitude flying, as low altitude flying accounts for more plane losses and pilot and crew casualties than does enemy action.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Incorporated

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  Mahwah, NJ  United States  07430-2262
• Authors:
  • Haber, R N
  • Haber, L
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 21-68
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Incorporated
  • Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airline pilots; Automatic control; Automation; Aviation; Cognition; Human error; Human factors; Performance evaluations; Psychological aspects; Safety
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00965664
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0805833900
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 10 2003 12:00AM