TY - GEN
T1 - Designing external aids that support older pilot performance
AU - Morrow, Daniel
AU - Chang, Dervon
AU - Wickens, Christopher
AU - Rantanen, Esa
AU - Raquel, Liza
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Communication taxes pilots' cognitive resources. External aids such as note-taking help pilots manage these demands. Morrow et al. (2003) found that note-taking eliminated age differences among pilots on a readback task compared to a no-aid condition. However, we investigated communication-only rather than multi-task environments typical of piloting. The present study compared note-taking (kneepad) with an electronic notepad positioned next to the instrument panel in a flight simulator (epad). The epad may be easier to coordinate with concurrent tasks because it is more integrated with flight instruments. Six older and six younger pilots used these aids to respond to ATC messages in a flight simulator. Readback accuracy was higher when pilots used either aid compared to a no-aid condition. The pattern of results suggested a smaller age difference in the aid than in the no-aid conditions. The results replicate the earlier finding of note-taking benefits and extend them to the novel epad.
AB - Communication taxes pilots' cognitive resources. External aids such as note-taking help pilots manage these demands. Morrow et al. (2003) found that note-taking eliminated age differences among pilots on a readback task compared to a no-aid condition. However, we investigated communication-only rather than multi-task environments typical of piloting. The present study compared note-taking (kneepad) with an electronic notepad positioned next to the instrument panel in a flight simulator (epad). The epad may be easier to coordinate with concurrent tasks because it is more integrated with flight instruments. Six older and six younger pilots used these aids to respond to ATC messages in a flight simulator. Readback accuracy was higher when pilots used either aid compared to a no-aid condition. The pattern of results suggested a smaller age difference in the aid than in the no-aid conditions. The results replicate the earlier finding of note-taking benefits and extend them to the novel epad.
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U2 - 10.1177/154193120504900208
DO - 10.1177/154193120504900208
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:44349119835
SN - 094528926X
SN - 9780945289265
T3 - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
SP - 186
EP - 189
BT - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 49th Annual Meeting, HFES 2005
PB - Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Inc.
T2 - 49th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2005
Y2 - 26 September 2005 through 30 September 2005
ER -