The Sensitivity of Real-Time, Telemetered Electroencephalographic Data and Actual In-Flight Performance Measurement to Fatigue in a Sleep-Deprivation Paradigm
Abstract
The present investigation was conducted to determine whether the typical EEG changes recorded from subjects in earlier laboratory sleep-deprivation studies would occur under actual in-flight conditions while aviators are piloting an aircraft. In addition, this study was conducted to examine the extent to which fatigue-related deteriorations in flight performance were associated with increased slow-wave BEG activity. Ten UH-60 pilots were kept awake for approximately 26 hours so that data could be collected during both non-sleep-deprived and sleep-deprived conditions. BEG data and performance data were collected in the laboratory and while piloting a specially instrumented UH-6o aircraft. Data collected in the laboratory were based on a computerized cognitive task (the Multi-attribute Task Battery or MATE) and the data collected in the aircraft were from computerized monitoring of flight skills during the performance of a standardized flight profile. Self-ratings of mood and alertness were collected only in the laboratory setting via the Profile of Mood States (POMS) and the Visual Analog Scales (VAS)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA386457
Entities
People
- B. Erickson
- E. Labrada
- John A. Caldwell
- K. Kubitz
- Katja A. Hall
Organizations
- United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab