The Dichotic Listening Task (DLT) of Gopher and Kahneman (1971) was studied in a group of 143 aviators, aged between 17 and 70 yr. Other tasks of the study were the Continuous Memory Task (CMT) and two choice-RT tasks with visual stimuli. An attention questionnaire was also administered. Aging has negative effects on all tasks, especially on the DLT. With age factored out, no substantial correlations between DLT and other tasks are found. The only exception is a moderate correlation with choice RT. Differences between subgroups of aviators (42 airline pilots and 50 private pilots) were studied. The assumption was that airline pilots had higher levels of aviator skill. The DLT, CMT, and one of the RT tasks correlate with aviator subgroup. A second study with 16 flight cadets finds significant correlations between DLT and RT tasks on the one hand, and pilot gradings obtained later. It is concluded that DLT and RT tasks offer prospects for improving the selection of aviators.
Attention Tasks and Their Relation to Aging and Flight Experience
1986
28 pages
Report
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English
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