Perceptual Learning in the Acquisition of Flight Skills.

Abstract

Many skills transfer effects observed in flight training research may be explained by an appeal to invariant perceptual properties of the task environment. If training in a simulator serves to enhance sensitivity to perceptual properties that are critical to flight performance, a high level of transfer will result. The theory forwarded here assumes that a relatively low-dimensional set of properties supports flight control. It is those properties that need not be represented accurately, or even at all. One implication of the approach outlined here is that the unquestioning pursuit of high fidelity is, in large part, wasted effort. (AN)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA299520

Entities

People

  • Gavan Lintern

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Educational Psychology
  • Flight Simulators
  • Flight Training
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human-Machine Systems
  • Learning
  • Psychology
  • Reliability
  • Sensitivity
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Training

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Theoretical Analysis.