The Use of Psychophysiological Measures in the SABER Laboratories. Phase 1
Abstract
Behavioral and psychophysiological measures were obtained during a low-fidelity F-15 flight simulation where subjects were required to fly the wing position in relation to a canned lead flight. One of the major emphases of this preliminary research effort was to identify, solve and document the hardware/ software problems that emerged when a physiological data collection device (the Neuropsychological Workload Test Battery) was interface with a computer controlling the simulation (Silicon Graphics device). Another emphasis was determining the cost-effectiveness of psychophysiological measurement in term of value of the data. This study demonstrated that heart rate and eyeblink data not only confirmed and further clarified information obtained by the behavioral measure, but also provided information about the flight task not otherwise available. It was concluded that, in future SABER simulations, the extra costs of collecting physiological data are offset by the increased dimensionality and extra information added to the flight profile database.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 03, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA206825
Entities
People
- Kathy Mccloskey
- Melodie Morrow
- William A. Perez