Various techniques have been developed to predict and measure pilot workload. This simulation was conducted in order to compare four widely used methods: A visual two- and four-choice reaction time task, time production, retrospective multi-dimensional subjective ratings and in-flight verbal workload estimates. Two scenarios with different levels of difficulty determined by preliminary research were designed to test these techniques. The insertion of the secondary tasks did not significantly affect flight performance. All four techniques were able to distinguish among levels of scenario complexity. In addition, the three secondary tasks and workload ratings obtained in-flight were generally able to distinguish among levels of difficulty for different segments within the scenarios.


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    Title :

    Measuring pilot workload in a motion base trainer - A comparison of four techniques


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    Publication date :

    1985-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


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    Language :

    English





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