The Effects of Normobaric Hypoxia in P300 Performance and in the Performance of Working Memory Tasks (CPT, N-back) in Pilot Cadets with Normal and Slow Waves Screening EEGs

Abstract

Electroencephalograms (EEGs) are currently used in many countries to screen Air Force pilots candidates. The usefulness of EEG to predict the likelihood of abnormal activity during the training of cadets remains controversial. We investigated whether effects of normobaric hypoxia on P(300) ERP and memory scanning performance are related to the existence of slow waves in the EEG records of cadet pilots. If so the EEG could serve as a tool for cognitive assessment in candidate pilot screening. Some 30 screening EEG records were re-evaluated for the presence of slow wave activity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADP011076

Entities

People

  • Ioannis Markou

Organizations

  • Hellenic Air Force

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abnormalities
  • Air Force
  • Amplitude
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Aviation Medicine
  • Brain
  • Cognition
  • Data Science
  • Detection
  • Electroencephalography
  • Frequency
  • Health Services
  • Imaging Techniques
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Medical Personnel
  • Statistical Analysis

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.