EFFECTS OF AGE AND PRACTICE ON AVIATION-RELEVANT CONCURRENT TASK PERFORMANCE

Recent reviews of the relationship between aging, cognition, and performance in pilots have emphasized the importance of considering age effects in aviator skills, particularly perceptual motor, and memory. One possible conclusion is that flight experience does not appear to modify this age performance relationship, except in aviator's ability to timeshare. A recent study involving the administration of an aviation relevant neuropsychological test battery over two days provided data to examine the extent to which experience moderates the effects of aging on performance.

• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57907
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  Medical Center
  Pittsburgh, PA  United States  15213
• Authors:
  • Milke, R M
  • Becker, J T
  • Lambrou, P
  • Harris, H C
  • Schroeder, D J
• Publication Date: 1999-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 16 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Human factors; Motor skills; Perception; Performance tests
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00779907
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 2 1999 12:00AM