Accession Number:
ADA429461
Title:
Understanding Multisensory Integration for Pilot Spatial Orientation
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. 25 Aug 2003-19 Nov 2004
Corporate Author:
QINETIQ LTD FARNBOROUGH (UNITED KINGDOM) CENTRE FOR HUMAN SCIENCES
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
2004-09-01
Pagination or Media Count:
44.0
Abstract:
This report results from a contract tasking QinetiQ Ltd as follows The Grantee will investigate the effects of synergistic and incongruent tactile and visual information on a representative flight task. The task will be related to maintaining correct spatial orientation and recovering from spatial disorientation. Subjects will be asked to perform a primary flying and secondary non-flying task with and without tactile orientation information to determine the advantages and disadvantages of using both tactile and visual orientation information. The specific questions that must be answered are 1 What are the interactions between visual and tactile stimulation 2 How does tactile information aid or detract from information presented in the other sensory modalities - specifically visual for this preliminary study and 3 Can any performance enhancement be gained by combining multisensory information
Descriptors:
Subject Categories:
- Military Aircraft Operations
- Stress Physiology
- Human Factors Engineering and Man Machine Systems