Heart Rate as an In-Flight Measure of Pilot Workload

Abstract

Several research workers have recorded pilots' heart rates as a means of estimating levels of workload in flight. It is concluded that: (1) There is good evidence that heart are increases with increased workload; (2) Differences in heart rate values appear to indicate relative differences in workload; (3) heart rate is best used in conjunction with a good workload rating scale; and (4) A reasonable hypothesis can be constructed around the concept of arousal.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA119093

Entities

People

  • Alan H. Roscoe

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Autonomic Nervous System
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias
  • Central Nervous System
  • Flight
  • Flight Simulators
  • Glide Slope
  • Heart Rate
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Jet Transport Aircraft
  • Maneuvers
  • Monitoring
  • Nervous System
  • Psychophysiology
  • Reaction Time
  • Research Aircraft
  • Workload

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.
  • Statistical inference.