Multitask Performance: Predicting Success in Naval Aviation Primary Flight Training.

Abstract

A multitask experiment simulating certain motor control and communication requirements characteristics of flight was conducted to determine relative strengths of several performance measures as predictors of primary flight training success. A Psychomotor Task (PMT) and a Dichotic Listening Task (DLT) performed under single-task conditions were found to be significantly related (p less .05) to a primary flight training pass/fail criterion. Two separate multitask DLT measures also correlated with the pass/fail criterion and at higher levels of statistical significance (p less than .01) than the single- task measures. The results indicate that various single- and multitask measures are significantly related to primary flight performance, and further reveal that the component test measures may be better predictors under multitask than under single-task conditions. Additional research using larger samples and additional multitask tests is indicated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA168246

Entities

People

  • D. K. Mcbride
  • G. R. Griffin

Organizations

  • Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Biomedical Research
  • Control Sticks
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Education
  • Flight Training
  • Information Science
  • Naval Air Stations
  • Naval Aviation
  • Pilots
  • Recording Systems
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Tape Recorders
  • Training

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.