A Literature Review of Applied Cognitive Workload Assessment in the Aviation Domain
Abstract
Advancements in technology have pushed the standard unit of work from the joule to the byte, as operators are tasked with increasing cognitively demanding information processing in domains such as transportation, warfighting, and medicine. Due to these advancements, interest in the field of cognitive workload and its assessment in applied environments has grown exponentially over the last two decades. Operator state monitoring systems promise to use performance, physiological, and subjective cognitive workload assessment metrics to predict when operators are approaching or experiencing cognitive overload and the system will take remedial action. A systematic literature review was conducted to survey the last decade (2010-2020) of cognitive workload assessment literature in the aviation domain. The objective of the literature review was to identify cognitive workload assessment techniques that have seen success in the aviation domain and examine the usability of composite cognitive workload metrics in an operational use case. Articles were obtained from three databases using keywords that surveyed cognitive workload terminology, measures, and domains.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 11, 2022
- Accession Number
- AD1186074
Entities
People
- Aaron Mcatee
- Amanda Hayes
- Chris Aura
- Cristina Delgado-howard
- Hillary A Plummer
- Jon Vogl
- Paul St. Onge
Organizations
- United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab